Wiggle vs. Shake — What's the Difference?

To move back and forth with quick irregular motions

(of a structure or area of land) tremble or vibrate

To move or proceed with a twisting or turning motion; wriggle

Move (an object) up and down or from side to side with rapid, forceful, jerky movements

To insinuate or extricate oneself by sly or subtle means

Upset the composure or confidence of; shock or astonish

To cause to move back and forth with quick irregular motions

An act of shaking

To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wiggling

A fit of trembling or shivering

A wiggling movement or course.

Short for milkshake

To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle.

An earth tremor.

A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.

A trill.

(figurative) An alternating state or characteristic. en

A kind of rough wooden shingle, used especially on rustic buildings

(in the plural) See wiggles.

To cause to move from side to side or up and down with jerky movements

To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water.

To cause to tremble, vibrate, or rock

Act of wiggling; a wriggle.

To brandish or wave, especially in anger

The act of wiggling

To cause to lose stability or strength, as of conviction

Move to and fro;

To disturb or agitate emotionally; upset or unnerve

To remove or dislodge by jerky movements

To scatter or strew by jerky movements

To get rid of or put an end to

To get away from (a pursuer)

To bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking

To clasp (hands) in greeting or leave-taking or as a sign of agreement.

(Music) To trill (a note).

(Games) To rattle and mix (dice) before casting.

To move from side to side or up and down in short, irregular, often jerky movements

To move something vigorously up and down or from side to side, as in mixing.

To tremble, as from cold or in anger.

To be unsteady; totter or waver.

(Music) To trill.

To shake hands

The act of shaking

A trembling or quivering movement.

(Informal) An earthquake.

A fissure in rock.

A crack in timber caused by wind or frost.

(Informal) A moment or instant

(Music) A trill.

See milkshake.

A beverage in which the ingredients are mixed by shaking.

A rough shingle used to cover rustic buildings, such as barns

Shakes(Informal) Uncontrollable trembling, as in a person who is cold, frightened, feverish, or ill. Often used with the

(Informal) A bargain or deal

To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

(transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.

(transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.

(transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.

(transitive) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).

(intransitive) To move from side to side.

To shake hands.

(intransitive) To dance.

To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.

To threaten to overthrow.

To be agitated; to lose firmness.

The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.

A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.

A milkshake.

A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.

Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.

An adulterant added to cocaine powder.

(building material) A thin shingle.

A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.

A fissure in rock or earth.

A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.

(informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)

(nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.

(music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.

(music) In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.

A shook of staves and headings.

The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

A shock or disturbance.

To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.

Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.

To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.

To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; - generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree.

To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.

The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.

A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly.

A fissure in rock or earth.

A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.

One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.

A shook of staves and headings.

The redshank; - so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

Building material used as siding or roofing

Frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream

A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it

Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

Reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement

Causing to move repeatedly from side to side

Move or cause to move back and forth;

Move with or as if with a tremor;

Shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively;

Move back and forth or sideways;

Undermine or cause to waver;

Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of;

Get rid of;

Bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking;

Shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state;