Synonyms for joggle
Definitions
- v. 1
To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
Forms
- Past participle
- joggled
e.g. joggled → shaken, wobbled, jiggled, wiggled…
Choose the right word
To joggle is to shake slightly; as, a passing touch joggles the desk on which one is writing.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- shake New GATT resolutions could create a real shake-up.
- wiggle Anne, you sit here on the ottoman and don't wiggle.
- wobble Prabhu did the South Asian head wobble.
- jiggle You have to jiggle the handle to get it to flush.
- jostle My friend and I were separated in the jostle of the surging crowd.
By length
- 5 letters
- shake1
- 6 letters
- wiggle2, wobble2, jiggle2, jostle2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wiggle2 = 2 syllables).