wiggly
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈwɪɡli/
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- As the toddler crawled, he made wiggly movements across the floor.
- wiggly lines
- wiggly worms
- wiggly eyes
I like how like wiggly and swirly they are.
- I like how like wiggly and swirly they are.
- The third thing is, and most tape measures have that, it's the wiggly tip that allows for inside and outside measuring.
- They don't survive in warm and wiggly environments.
- OK, The plastic ones break all the time, so plus they're kind of wiggly so you're never going to hold a zero with it.
- You may have seen this in in these Cracker Jack kind of wiggly postcards, bookmarks and so on.
- Give it a wiggle, wrap it up to wiggly head, slide it out.
Examples
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The artist drew a wiggly line that danced across the page.
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What a wonderful, wiggly world!
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Daddy, my tooth is wiggly!
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With weak and wiggly legs, he struggled to stand.
Fiction book (1999) -
Nice and wiggly.
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They don't survive in warm and wiggly environments.
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The worm was long and wiggly, squirming in the dirt.
Synonyms
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4.7
A road or story with many bends and sudden changes
8
3.9
Wavy and twisting like a loose line
5
7.4
Shows many smooth, flowing curves like a snake or river
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4.3
Moving with small twisting movements like a worm
1
3.5
Moving in a restless, wiggly way
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3.9
Having curved lines or patterns that twist and flow
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4.9
Having curls or a shape that turns when moved
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7.7
Having smooth, curved shapes like soft waves
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3.6
Having many curves like a winding road
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3.2
Moving quickly from side to side like a happy dog's tail
Moving with small twisting and squirming movements like a worm
Moving by twisting and turning like a snake
An edge that curves in and out like small waves on leaves or shells
Antonyms
How Wiggly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word wiggly comes from the verb wiggle, a word that copies tiny, quick movements and means 'to move with small twists or by squirming'. Adding -y means 'full of', so wiggly is 'full of wiggles' and that is why we use it for things that bend, twist, or squirm.