wiggle

verb/ˈwɪɡəl/CEFR B2

নাড়াচাড়া করা, নড়ানো

Meaning

To move something small from side to side in short quick movements.

Example sentences

  • Wiggle your toes if you can feel that.অনুভব করলে পায়ের আঙুল নাড়াও।
  • The loose tooth wiggled.নড়বড়ে দাঁতটা নড়ছিল।

Word forms

past tense
wiggled
-ing form
wiggling

A common mistake

The snake wiggled through the grass.→The snake wriggled through the grass.

Wriggling is whole-body twisting that gets you somewhere — a snake, a child escaping a grip. Wiggling is small side-to-side movement of one part, and it takes an object: wiggle your finger.

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: wriggle, waggle

Antonyms: still

Similar words, and what each means

  • wriggle

    মোচড় দিয়ে চলা, কিলবিল করা

    To move by twisting and turning the body.

  • waggle

    এদিক-ওদিক নাড়ানো

    To move something quickly from side to side.

Other English words for “নাড়াচাড়া করা, নড়ানো”

  • stir

    To move a spoon around in food or liquid to mix it.

  • twiddle

    To turn or twist something with your fingers, often idly.

  • fiddle

    To touch or move something restlessly, or a violin.

Opposite words

  • still

    এখনো

    Continuing up to now, or in spite of that.

Where this word is used

Check yourself

  1. “wiggle” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?

    • • উদাহরণ দিয়ে বোঝানো, চিত্রিত করা, উদাহরণ দিয়ে ব্যাখ্যা করা
    • • নাড়াচাড়া করা, নড়ানো
    • • রাজি করানো, বুঝিয়ে রাজি করা, বোঝানো
    • • থামা, বিরতি দেওয়া
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    নাড়াচাড়া করা, নড়ানো — wiggle (verb) — নাড়াচাড়া করা, নড়ানো. To move something small from side to side in short quick movements.

  2. Which word is closest in meaning to “wiggle”?

    • • wriggle
    • • install
    • • promote
    • • absorb
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    wriggle — wriggle — মোচড় দিয়ে চলা, কিলবিল করা. To move by twisting and turning the body.

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