wiggly

[wig-lee]

adjective

wigglier, wiggliest 

1. wiggling.

   a wiggly child.

2. undulating; wavy.

   a wiggly line.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wiggly¹

First recorded in 1900–05; wiggle + -y ¹

Example Sentences

"Suddenly through the windscreen I saw this strange wiggly line. It was almost as if someone drunk had been making a drawing on the road. So I photographed it."

From BBC

The wiggly appendages sweep the air to detect pheromones that raise alarms, lay trails, and help the insects navigate their social lives.

From Science Magazine

The tooth is a wink at “One Morning in Maine,” an earlier Robert McCloskey book involving a wiggly bicuspid — or was it a molar?

From New York Times

“Good morning, babies!” she says with a Fozzie Bear voice, feeding chunks of Pup-peroni to two yowling huskies and a wiggly black lab.

From Los Angeles Times

There were so many small doors opening and closing, closing and opening, and out of those windows came envelopes held by tiny, wiggly stars.

From Literature

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