wiggly

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.

A wiggling movement or course.

Idiom:

get a wiggle on Slang

To hurry or hurry up.

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[Middle English wiglen, probably from Middle Low German wiggelen, to totter; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

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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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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	wiggly - curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines" sinuate, sinuous curved, curving - having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"
	2.	wiggly - moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion; "wiggly worms" wriggling, wriggly, writhing moving - in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts of the machine"

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Translations

مُتَذَبْذِب،مُتَلَوٍّ

bølget

wackelig

ondulé

kígyózó

dillandi, vaggandi

ondulato

krútivý

dalgalıkıvrımlı

上下左右摇摆的弯曲的

wiggly

[ˈwɪglɪ] ADJ [line] → ondulado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wiggly

[ˈwɪgli] adj [line] → ondulé(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

wiggly

adj → wackelnd; amateur film etc → wackelig, verwackelt; wiggly line → Schlangenlinie f; (drawn) → Wellenlinie f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wiggly

[ˈwɪglɪ] adj (line) → ondulato/a, sinuoso/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

wiggle

(ˈwigl) verb

to waggle or wriggle. She wiggled her hips. waggel يَتَذَبْذَب мърдам saracotear kroutit wackeln vrikke med κουνώ, σείω πέρα δώθε menear kõigutama لوليدن heiluttaa tortiller לְהַנִיע हिलना-डुलना klimati, mahati tekergőzik menggoyangkan rugga, vagga dimenare, muovere くねらせる 흔들다 kraipyti grozīt; gorīt menggoyang-goyangkan wiegelenvrikke, sprellekręcić خوځيدل (دچينجي په شان)، كوږ ووږ تلل saracotear a mişca din (şolduri etc.) покачивать krútiť, vrtieť migati njihati vicka med (på), vrida på แกว่งไปมา sallamak, oynatmak 擺動，扭動 погойдувати(ся), похитувати(ся) بل دینا یا جنبش دینا lắc lư 摆动，扭动

ˈwiggly adjective

not straight; going up and down, from side to side etc. a wiggly line. waggelrig مُتَذَبْذِب،مُتَلَوٍّ въртелив sinuoso (za)kroucený wackelig bølget στριφογυριστός ondulado vonklev وول خورد kiemurteleva ondulé גַלִי हिलते-डोलते neravan kígyózó tidak lurus dillandi, vaggandi ondulato くねくねした 흔들거리는 kreivas grīļīgs; greizs berombak-ombak kronkelendbølgetkręty كوږ ووږ sinuoso ondulat волнистый krútivý, otáčavý vijugast njihajući slingrande, vågformig ซึ่งแกว่งไปมา kıvrımlı, dalgalı 彎曲的，上下或左右移動 хвилястий بل کھاتا ہوا lắc lư 弯曲的，上下左右摇摆的

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