shoogle

Shoogly is a wonderfully expressive Scots dialect adjective meaning shaky, wobbly, unsteady, or rickety — the quality of something that trembles, tilts, or might collapse at any moment. Often used to describe a precarious chair, an unstable structure, or a person feeling physically unsteady. The word 'shoogly peg' is a well-known Scots phrase for an insecure position (to be hanging on a shoogly peg means your position is at risk). The word itself sounds exactly like what it means.

(India, obsolete) A hobby, a favourite pursuit or whim.

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.