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Synonyms for joggle

Most common

shake wiggle wobble jiggle jostle

All synonyms

Verb

Other

jostle

Definitions

  1. 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…

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Joggle, Shake or Joggles?

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.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
jogglesteady
shakerising
wigglerising
wobblerising
jigglerising
jostlerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

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).