wiggly
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈwɪɡli/
- As the toddler crawled, he made wiggly movements across the floor.
- wiggly lines
- wiggly worms
- wiggly eyes
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Watch on YouTubeI 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
10
4.7
A road or story with many bends and sudden changes
9
6.0
Moving by twisting and turning like a snake
9
3.9
Wavy and twisting like a loose line
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3.9
Having curved lines or patterns that twist and flow
5
7.4
Shows many smooth, flowing curves like a snake or river
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3.5
Moving in a restless, wiggly way
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4.9
Having curls or a shape that turns when moved
2
3.4
Moving with small twisting and squirming movements like a worm
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4.3
Moving with small twisting movements like a worm
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7.7
Having smooth, curved shapes like soft waves
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3.2
Moving quickly from side to side like a happy dog's tail
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3.6
Having many curves like a winding road
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.