wiggle-waggle

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adjective

: indecisive, vacillating
has gone wiggle-waggle and cannot be persuaded to be categoricalLionel Hale

wiggle-waggle

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intransitive verb

"
: to move jerkily back and forth : wiggle and waggle from one thing to another : vacillate
wiggle-waggles between appeals for charity and responsible state actionNation

wiggle-waggle

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noun

"
variants or wiggle-woggle
¦⸗⸗¦⸗⸗
: something (as an amusement park contrivance) that wiggle-waggles
flip-flaps, switchbacks, wiggle-wogglesRose Macaulay

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

reduplication of wiggle entry 1

Intransitive verb

reduplication of wiggle entry 1

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“Wiggle-waggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiggle-waggle. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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