jiggly
- adjective
- /ˈdʒɪɡli/
- 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.
- I feel like they make me look super wide and super jiggly.
- So you grab this jiggly thing right here and you mix it with the fish because that's nice and salty.
Examples
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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.
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"Too jiggly for my taste."
Fiction book (2000) -
I made my jiggly rum cake.
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And, uh, it gives me jiggly arm flaps.
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There's so much jiggly fat.
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"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.
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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
Unsteady and likely to move from side to side
Antonyms
How Wobbly
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.