Wiggly

//ˈwɪɡl̩i// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Constantly moving, especially with small, undirected movements.

    "It is not easy to get a diaper onto a wiggly little baby."

  2. 2
    Of a line: made up of many curves.
Adjective
  1. 1
    moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion wordnet
  2. 2
    curved or curving in and out wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
fidgetyfidgetyjigglyjigglyjumpyjumpy

Example

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"Last year I had a hyperventilation situation and my CO2-oxygen balance is still wiggly today. It happens not once, not twice, but many times that I'm breathing consciously, and the risk is still there that this can happen again, because I'm an awfully stressful person."

Etymology

From wiggle + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wiggelg, wiggelch (“wiggly”), German Low German wiggelig (“wiggly, restless, fidgety”).

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