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wiggly

[ wig-lee ]

/ ˈwɪg li /

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adjective, wig·gli·er, wig·gli·est.

wiggling: a wiggly child.

undulating; wavy: a wiggly line.

Origin of wiggly

First recorded in 1900–05; wiggle + -y¹

Words nearby wiggly

wiggle nail, wiggle room, wiggle-tail, wiggler, wigglesworth, wiggly, wiggy, wight, wightman, wiglet, wigmaker

Example sentences from the Web for wiggly

Jess cut the wiggly s, because she had the better knife, while Violet struggled with the e.

The Box-Car Children |Gertrude Chandler Warner
And then, just as the snake was going to eat the tarts Jumpo threw the sharp burr at the wiggly, crawly creature.

Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail |Howard R. Garis
But what does he mean by the wiggly looking mark before the word center?

The Gold Girl |James B. Hendryx
It was long and thin and wiggly, with a ridge of tiny crystalline hairs along its back.

The Secret of the Ninth Planet |Donald Allen Wollheim

The medico who ran the electro-cardiograph refused to make sense, after the fifth trials, out of the wiggly marks on his graphs.

Cue for Quiet |Thomas L. Sherred