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Wiggle vs Swiggle - What's the difference?

wiggle | swiggle |

As verbs the difference between wiggle and swiggle

is that wiggle is (intransitive) to move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle while swiggle is (rare) to wriggle, wiggle or squirm.

As a noun wiggle

is a wiggling movement.

wiggle

English

Verb

  • (intransitive) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle.
    • Her hips wiggle as she walks.
    The jelly wiggle s on the plate when you move it.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wiggling movement.
    • She walked with a sexy wiggle .
  • (in the plural)

    • Derived terms

    * get a wiggle on * wiggle room * wiggly English frequentative verbs

    swiggle

    English

    Verb

    (swiggl)
  • (rare) to wriggle, wiggle or squirm
  • (rare) to drink to excess

    • References

    (fish swiggling their tails), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=h32HVZVyobQC&pg=PA73&dq=%22swiggled%22&hl=en&ei=psApTNToFMSclge3q5zXAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=%22swiggled%22&f=false] (I swiggled my finger around), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YfI7fQyvlpcC&pg=PA149&dq=%22swiggled%22&hl=en&ei=psApTNToFMSclge3q5zXAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=%22swiggled%22&f=false] (she swiggled around in her chair), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UcwiZtmXulEC&pg=PA24&dq=swiggle+beer&hl=en&ei=_8ApTPOQIIP6lweArsSiBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=swiggle%20beer&f=false] (swiggling beer), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ndOqzUhamEkC&pg=RA1-PA202&dq=swiggle+rum&hl=en&ei=NcEpTNKiKMT6lwfF1dCYBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false] (rum-swiggling), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WJImAQAAIAAJ&q=%22swiggle+whisky%22&dq=%22swiggle+whisky%22&hl=en&ei=RMApTNPLF8KqlAes6oGhAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFQQ6AEwCQ (swiggling beer, whisky and gin)

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