wiggly

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective curved or curving in and out
  2. adjective moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion

Etymology

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

Synonyms

sinuate, sinuous

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