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# wiggly

«wiggly» in Mova's school dictionary: **with many small curves or bends, not straight** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (wiggly, wigglier, wiggliest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Wiggly means with many small curves or bends, not straight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggly/#m1)

2) Moving with small quick twisting movements. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in art and maths: a wiggly line (not straight); in handwriting practice; in nature: a wiggly worm. In stories and early science: wiggly tadpoles. Also "a wiggly tooth" (a loose tooth).

### examples

- Draw a wiggly line across the page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggly/#x1)
- The worm was long and wiggly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggly/#x2)
- My tooth is wiggly and will fall out soon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggly/#x3)
- Tadpoles have wiggly tails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggly/#x4)
- A wiggly line is not a straight line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggly/#x5)
- The baby is so wiggly when I change her nappy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggly/#x6)

### note

Informal word. From the verb "wiggle". Comparative: wigglier, wiggliest (y to i). Similar words: wavy, squiggly.

### In the corpora

- [A loose, wiggly body and a soft, open mouth usually mean a relaxed, friendly dog.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/21-reading-a-dog/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wiggly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wiggly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.