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Wiggly

//ˈwɪɡl̩i// adj

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

Etymology

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

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