wigglyadj.
/ˈwɪɡl̩i/, /ˈwɪɡli/, U.S. /ˈwɪɡ(ə)li/ colloquial.
Characterized by or suggestive of ‘wiggling’; (in reference to form) having small irregular undulations. Also in reduplicated forms wiggly-waggly adj. (cf. wiggle-waggle n., wiggle-waggle adj. at wiggle-waggle v. Derivatives). wiggly-woggly adj.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves
tortivous14..
anfractuous?a1425
tortuous1426
tortuea1500
snakish1532
winding1538
wormy1545
boughty1570
wriggled1572
sinuous1578
serpent-likea1586
crankled1594
serpent1597
snaky1600
flexuous1605
snaking1605
cringle-crangle1606
voluminous1611
serpenting?1614
serpentine1615
curvy1623
serpentizing1628
worming1631
lacinious1648
anguineous1656
anguine1657
anfractuose1680
twisting1683
vermicular1712
worm-like1721
flexuose1727
meandering1748
crinkum-crankum1766
serpentiform1777
serpentining1799
anguiform1800
ophite1828
tortuose1829
cranky1836
sinuose1836
serpentile1857
twisty1857
sinuated1859
vermiculatea1864
twinyc1868
tortive1880
crinkle-crankle1881
serpentinous1882
quirky1890
twistical1890
waggly1894
wriggly1901
squiggly1902
wiggly1903
contortionate1911
wig-waggy1914
curvaceous1965
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [adjective] > wagging > lightly
wiggling1611
wiggle-waggle1778
wiggle1888
wiggly-woggly1903
1903 G. H. Lorimer Lett. Merchant vii. 84 A mule..with..droopy, wiggly-woggly ears that swung in a circle as easy as if they ran on ball-bearings.
1907 Westm. Gaz. 29 Oct. 2/3 His [sc. a dog's] legs are wiggly.
1907 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 459/1 Black ‘Arscot’ tie with a white wiggly bacterial pattern.
1913 Daily News 12 Nov. 8 The wiggly-waggly movement of the seal's body.
1919 C. Orr Glorious Thing iv That wiggly seam down the front.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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