wiggler
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈwɪɡlər/
- Anglers often use wigglers, as they are an effective bait for catching fish.
- a red wiggler
- wiggler worm
Examples
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We've got the red wrigglers, and then we also have, I think, a pound or a half a pound of European worms as well.
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In January, I started my red-worm wigglers composting bin, and it is wiggling around very nicely!
Blog text (12) -
Excuse me, but this is the hole these wigglers crawled out of, right?
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Groups of students got a paper plate full of compost and red wigglers to meet up close and personal.
Academic text (1997) -
"These are composting worms, known as red wigglers.
Fiction book (2001) -
"Mandy reached into the bucket and gingerly touched a red wiggler.
Fiction book (2001) -
ORE purchased 300 pounds of red wiggler worms and put them to use in the vermistabilization unit in July 1998.
Academic text (1998) -
Meanwhile, we cut pieces of bait and baited hooks, dropped lines, and did or didn't pull in a wiggler.
Fiction book (2000) -
There were two sizes of crickets, two of minnows, and four varieties of worms, from the tiny red wigglers up to fat, sluggish night crawlers.
Fiction book (1993) -
The gardener added wigglers to the soil to help improve its aeration and fertility.
Synonyms
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1.3
A small long worm that lives in soil and helps make soil healthy
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5.4
A small worm that lives in soil and is often used as bait for fish
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7.0
A large earthworm that comes out at night and people use for bait
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2.1
A small red earthworm that lives in soil, helps make soil better, and people use it as fishing bait
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2.5
A worm that people use as bait to catch fish
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8.7
A common earthworm used as bait for fishing
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6.3
A worm, often an earthworm, used to catch fish
A large worm used for fish bait that comes out at night
A large earthworm that comes out at night or when the ground is wet and people use for fishing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wiggler comes from the verb wiggle ('move with short, quick movements') plus the ending -er ('one who'), so gardeners and fishers call earthworms wigglers because the worms 'wiggle' as they burrow and help the soil.