wiggle
IPA: wˈɪgʌɫ
noun
- A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.
- (figurative) An alternating state or characteristic.
- (in the plural) See wiggles.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle.
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Examples of "wiggle" in Sentences
- “Every deal contains a certain amount of what my son likes to call wiggle room.”
- On second thought, "Wiggle Dress" might also apply to the fact that one has to "wiggle" into them.
- DEFENSE SECRETARY: Well, there is some so - called wiggle room as such in terms of the flexibility.
- But for obvious reasons, suicide doesn't allow this kind of wiggle room, so this rationalization fails and you're pretty much screwed.
- Laughing Squid reports that the video uses a technique called wiggle stereoscopy, which films sequences with two cameras, slightly offset from one another.
- For though the whole fire had not been put out, a good bit of it had, and what remained smelled very largely of burnt Marsh-wiggle, which is not at all an enchanting smell.
- Mr. Lundgaard spent evenings hunched over his espresso machine, studying exemplars on YouTube and rehearsing his "wiggle," the back and forth motion of the hand pouring milk.
- So most builder contracts contain "wiggle" language that mentions when completion is expected, but protects the builder from liability if the delivery date isn't met sometimes for as long as two years.
- Lipmann extended our understanding of bioenergetics by formulating the concept of the ATP metabolic wheel and introducing his famous "wiggle" (~P) to represent the bonds of high energy phosphate derivatives.
- The new lane will be striped on Scott Street, between Oak and Fell streets, a one-block stretch that is part of what is called the wiggle bike route connecting Market Street to the Panhandle that takes cyclists on a less-than-direct path so they can avoid a grueling hill on Haight Street.
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