get a wiggle on

verb

To hurry up.

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Meanings

verbget a wiggle on (third-person singular simple present gets a wiggle on, present participle getting a wiggle on, simple past got a wiggle on, past participle (UK) got a wiggle on or (US) gotten a wiggle on)

present singular third person gets a wiggle on · participle present getting a wiggle on · past got a wiggle on · UK participle past got a wiggle on · US participle past gotten a wiggle on

  1. colloquialidiomaticTo hurry up.

    AMERICAN: My eggs! Get a wiggle on you! WAITER: Yes, sare.

    1915, John Galsworthy, The Little Man, sc. 1
    3 more examples

    “If yeh're goin' to see yer fren', yeh better get a wiggle on. He won't last long.”

    1907, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 16, in The Brass Bowl

    Get a wiggle on you, fellows. We'll never get out at this rate.

    1910, Stewart Edward White, chapter 17, in The Rules of the Game

    If it is up to Cricket Australia to come up with rules and regulations, then maybe they would like to get a wiggle on because this thing is about to start.

    2008 June 11, "Counties set to defy Modi diktat," indianexpress.com (India) (retrieved 20 May 2011)

    Synonyms: get a wriggle on

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo hurry up.

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get a wriggle on
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APA

get a wiggle on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20a%20wiggle%20on

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