wiggly
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wig·gle
(wĭg′əl)v. wig·gled, wig·gling, wig·gles
v.intr.
1. To move back and forth with quick irregular motions: The gelatin wiggled on the plate.
2.
a. To move or proceed with a twisting or turning motion; wriggle: wiggled restlessly in her chair; wiggled through the crowd.
b. To insinuate or extricate oneself by sly or subtle means: wiggled out of a social engagement.
v.tr.
1. To cause to move back and forth with quick irregular motions: wiggle a loose tooth.
2. To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wiggling: The pitcher wiggled his way out of a jam.
n.
Idiom: A wiggling movement or course.
get a wiggle on Slang
To hurry or hurry up.
[Middle English wiglen, probably from Middle Low German wiggelen, to totter; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]
wig′gly adj.
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wig•gly
(ˈwɪg li)adj. -gli•er, -gli•est.
1. wiggling: a wiggly child.
2. undulating; wavy: a wiggly line.
[1900–05]
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Adj. | 1. | wiggly - curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines" |
2. | wiggly - moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion; "wiggly worms" moving - in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts of the machine" |
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Translations
مُتَذَبْذِب،مُتَلَوٍّ
bølget
kígyózó
dillandi, vaggandi
krútivý
dalgalıkıvrımlı
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wiggly
adj → wackelnd; amateur film etc → wackelig, verwackelt; wiggly line → Schlangenlinie f; (drawn) → Wellenlinie f
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wiggly
[ˈwɪglɪ] adj (line) → ondulato/a, sinuoso/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
wiggle
(ˈwigl) verb to waggle or wriggle. She wiggled her hips.
ˈwiggly adjective not straight; going up and down, from side to side etc. a wiggly line.
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