boondoggle | (noun) work of little or no value done merely to look busy | - |
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gaggle | (noun) a flock of geese | - |
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giggle | (noun) a foolish or nervous laugh | - |
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giggler | (noun) a person who laughs nervously | Synonyms: titterer |
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goggles | (noun) (plural) tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes | - |
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haggle | (noun) an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) | Synonyms: haggling, wrangle, wrangling |
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haggler | (noun) an intense bargainer | - |
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jiggle | (noun) a slight irregular shaking motion | Synonyms: joggle |
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joggle | (noun) a slight irregular shaking motion | Synonyms: jiggle |
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(noun) a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together | Synonyms: dowel, dowel pin |
juggle | (noun) throwing and catching several objects simultaneously | Synonyms: juggling |
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(noun) the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression | Synonyms: juggling |
juggler | (noun) a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity | - |
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jugglery | (noun) the performance of a juggler | - |
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(noun) artful trickery designed to achieve an end | - |
niggler | (noun) someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way | Synonyms: carper |
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smuggler | (noun) someone who imports or exports without paying duties | Synonyms: contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, runner |
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snuggle | (noun) a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace | Synonyms: cuddle, nestle |
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squiggle | (noun) a short twisting line | Synonyms: curlicue |
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(noun) an illegible scrawl | - |
straggle | (noun) a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons) | - |
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straggler | (noun) someone who strays or falls behind | Synonyms: strayer |
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struggle | (noun) strenuous effort | - |
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(noun) an energetic attempt to achieve something | Synonyms: battle |
(noun) an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) | Synonyms: battle, conflict |
struggler | (noun) a person who struggles with difficulties or with great effort | - |
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toggle | (noun) a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable) | - |
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(noun) a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions | Synonyms: on-off switch, on/off switch, toggle switch |
(noun) any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time | - |
waggle | (noun) causing to move repeatedly from side to side | Synonyms: shake, wag |
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wiggle | (noun) the act of wiggling | Synonyms: squirm, wriggle |
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wiggler | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm |
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(noun) larva of a mosquito | Synonyms: wriggler |
(noun) one who can't stay still (especially a child) | Synonyms: squirmer, wriggler |
wriggle | (noun) the act of wiggling | Synonyms: squirm, wiggle |
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wriggler | (noun) larva of a mosquito | Synonyms: wiggler |
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(noun) one who can't stay still (especially a child) | Synonyms: squirmer, wiggler |