wiggly

• Bezeichnet etwas, das sich mit kleinen, schnellen Bewegungen hin und her bewegt, oft spielerisch oder instabil; auch für unruhige, zappelige Bewegungen oder wellige Formen.

Describes something that moves with small, quick, side-to-side motions, often in a playful or unsteady manner.

1. Curved or windingA2informal

   Having a shape that bends or curves in and out, not straight.

   Gewunden

   • The child drew a wiggly line across the paper.
   • The path through the forest was wiggly and hard to follow.
   • She has wiggly hair that bounces when she walks.

   Synonymecurvymeanderingserpentinesinuoustwistywavywinding

   Antonymedirectevenlinearstraight

2. Moving in a twisting mannerA2informal

   Moving with a twisting, snake-like, or worm-like motion.

   sich windend

   • The worm was wiggly as it crawled across the sidewalk.
   • The toddler was wiggly and couldn't sit still during dinner.
   • The fish was wiggly when I tried to hold it.

   Synonymeserpentinesinuoussquigglytwistingwrigglingwrithing

   Antonymerigidstiffstraight