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jiggly

jiggly

5 4.4
Soft and wobbly like a pudding that moves with small quick shakes
  • adjective
  • /ˈdʒɪɡli/
translation icon : tembloroso
  • After shaking the bowl, the mixture became light and jiggly, ready for baking.
  • jiggly legs
  • still jiggly
  • too jiggly

I feel like they make me look super wide and super jiggly.

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Examples

  • To judge doneness, look for slightly puffed edges/sides and just a tiny bit jiggly in the center.

    Blog text (28)
  • We have like a slab of jiggly custard.

  • "Too jiggly for my taste."

    Fiction book (2000)
  • I made my jiggly rum cake.

  • And, uh, it gives me jiggly arm flaps.

  • There's so much jiggly fat.

  • "Do you think those jiggly chains are merely decorative?"

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Wherever your problem areas are tummy, sides, thighs and arms or saggy, loose, jiggly skin, it's gone in one comfortable visit.

  • He was a portly boy, soft and jiggly at his hips and belly from not being able to run around and play sports like other boys, like Lizard, Geronimo, and Eskimo Pie.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The dessert was perfectly chilled, giving it a soft and jiggly texture.

Synonyms

wobbly
vsjiggly
36 3.6

Unsteady and likely to move from side to side

moves with quick small shaking motions and feels soft rather than broadly unstable

Antonyms

127 1.7

Not easy to bend or move

30 1.0

Hard and solid to the touch, not easily pressed

How Wobbly

wobbly
36 3.6
jiggly
5 4.4
floppy
42 3.7
soft
552 1.0
firm
30 1.0

Surface Forms

jiggly positive

Morphology

jiggly = jiggle (transparent) = jiggle + y

Formed by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-y' to 'jiggle'; meaning is directly 'having the quality of jiggling'.

Etymology

Jiggly comes from the verb jiggle, which is related to jig, a small dance or 'quick move', and is like wiggle. Picture a pudding doing a tiny dance as it shakes. So, jiggly means 'soft and wobbly', moving with small, quick motions.