wiggy

American

[wig-ee] / ˈwɪg i /

adjective

Slang.

wiggier, wiggiest

crazy or eccentric.
crazed or delirious.

Etymology

Origin of wiggy

First recorded in 1810–20; wig + -y ¹

Example Sentences

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"They looked wiggy and fake. Even some of the real hair ones looked awful quality."

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2023

“Some of Tom’s ideas are pretty wiggy, and at first I thought the Boogie Board was one of them,” former Surfer magazine editor Steve Pezman told The Times in 2001.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2021

Daylight Matters is as melodic as her earlier work, but possessed of the captivating looseness of her 2016 album Crab Day and her wiggy collaborations with Tim Presley as Drinks.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2019

But even fans of that wiggy early period of Peacock tend to be ignorant of her records from the eighties.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 5, 2018

The design represents a small child in a father's arms, presented before a wiggy divine, who can, of course, be none other than the one in question.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

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