wiggly
Adjective Satellite
- curved or curving in and out
- "wiggly lines"
- moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion
- "wiggly worms"
Adj
- Constantly moving, especially with small, undirected movements.
- Of a line: made up of many curves.
Adjective
- Tending to wiggle; characterized by wiggling movements.
Examples
- His handwriting was so wiggly, the opponent couldn’t decipher his score sheet.
- It is not easy to get a diaper onto a wiggly little baby.
Origin / Etymology
From wiggle + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wiggelg, wiggelch (“wiggly”), German Low German wiggelig (“wiggly, restless, fidgety”).
Synonyms
sinuate, sinuous, wriggling, wriggly, writhing, fidgety, jiggly, jumpy, squirmy, wigglesome
Scrabble Score: 14
wiggly: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwiggly: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wiggly: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary