"wiggly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈwɪ.ɡə.ˌli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wiggly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: wigglier [comparative], wiggliest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪɡəli Etymology: wiggle + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wiggle|y}} wiggle + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} wiggly (comparative wigglier, superlative wiggliest)
  1. Constantly moving, especially with small, undirected movements. Translations (constantly moving): vääntelehtivä (Finnish), tempoileva (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-wiggly-en-adj--JGMwVvh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'constantly moving': 95 5
  2. (of a line) Made up of many curves Translations (made of many curves): kiemurteleva (Finnish), kiemurainen (Finnish), волнистый (volnistyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-wiggly-en-adj-DofLMrm9 Disambiguation of 'made of many curves': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fidgety, jiggly, jumpy, squirmy

Inflected forms

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