Wiggins

name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The creeps; a feeling of fear or anxiety. plural, plural-only, slang

    "We could meet someplace quieter. Louder. Uh, that place just kind of gives me the wiggins."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A statutory town in Morgan County, Colorado, United States.
  3. 3
    A city, the county seat of Stone County, Mississippi, United States.

Synonyms

All synonyms
creeps

Example

More examples

""Have you found it, Wiggins?" "No, sir, we hain't," said one of the youths."

Etymology

Alteration of wiggings, from wig (“to be nervous or fearful”). First recorded use in 1997, in the first episode of the American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Compare also wigging out.

Related phrases

county seatmorgan countystone county

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