Also written gigl- w.Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) ne.Lan.^; jiggle S. & Ork.^Chs.''^ sw.Lin.^ War.^ s.Wor. Shr.^ Cmb. Nrf. Hmp. Amer. ; jigl- Nhp.^ Hnt.; and in forms jeegle Sc. (Jam. Suppl.); jeggle w.Yks.^ [dgi'gl.] 1. v. To jog or shake about; of things : to stand unevenly or crooked. Cf. goggle.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(Wales) To shake, jiggle.
Shiggle is a Welsh English dialect word meaning to shake or jiggle something — a vigorous little wobble or trembling movement. It's the kind of physical verb that sounds exactly like what it means, with the short sharp syllables mimicking the quick back-and-forth motion it describes. Used in Wales and Welsh-influenced English dialects, shiggle adds colour to descriptions of movement, particularly when something or someone is being wiggled, rattled, or quivered into action.
Resembling or suggesting a jig.
(UK, dialect, intransitive) To shake.
I don’t giggle when I flirt, but I do giggle when I fart.
Someone or something that jiggles.