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wiggly

adj
/ˈwɪɡl̩i/UK/ˈwɪɡ(ə)li/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from wigelen
  2. derived from wigelen
  3. inherited from wiglen
  4. formed as wiggly — “wiggle + -y”

Definitions

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

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

  2. Of a line

    Of a line: made up of many curves.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for wiggly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA