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wiggle worm

wiggle worm noun: a person, especially an infant or young child, who is energetic and frequently moves around (or sometimes wiggles).

Noun

wiggle worm (plural wiggle worms)

  1. (colloquial, endearing) A person, especially an infant or young child, who is energetic and frequently moves around (or sometimes wiggles).
    • Your physical therapist will give you a set of diagrams of pressure release exercises. The options you will have are listed below. Work with your therapist to find which is best for you: […] Be a wiggle worm. It doesn't come automatically, but constant moving is what allows the blood to continue...1986, Here's to Your Independence, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, page 13 (of chapter 2)
    • Wiggle worms come in all age groups, sizes, shapes, and colors, and in both sexes. All wiggle worms have one factor in common—they are in constant motion. Watch your own wiggle worm tomorrow. Is he drumming on the desk, chewing his lip (or gum), wiggling a foot, sitting on first one hip and then...2011, William D. Hedges, Why Korean Education Is Leaving America in the Dust: And What We Must Do to Catch Up, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 101

Examples of wiggle worm in a sentence

  • Work with your therapist to find which is best for you: […] Be a wiggle worm.1986, Here's to Your Independence, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, page 13 (of chapter 2):
  • Wiggle worms come in all age groups, sizes, shapes, and colors, and in both sexes.2011, William D. Hedges, Why Korean Education Is Leaving America in the Dust: And What We Must Do to Catch Up, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 101:
  • Mom would tell me I wiggled worse than a worm; she would call me her wiggle worm.2022, Larry Lee Rhoton, The Treasure Map, →ISBN, page 94:

Forms of wiggle worm

pluralwiggle worms

Origin of wiggle worm

From wiggle + worm, probably chosen as worms wiggle in order to locomote.

Questions about wiggle worm

What does wiggle worm mean?
Wiggle worm means a person, especially an infant or young child, who is energetic and frequently moves around (or sometimes wiggles).
How do you use wiggle worm in a sentence?
Work with your therapist to find which is best for you: […] Be a wiggle worm.
What part of speech is wiggle worm?
Wiggle worm is a noun.
What is the plural of wiggle worm?
The plural of wiggle worm is wiggle worms.

Words near wiggle worm in the dictionary

  1. wiggle dresses
  2. wiggle out of
  3. wiggle room
  4. wiggle seat
  5. wiggle seats
  6. wiggle worm
  7. wiggle worms
  8. wiggled
  9. wiggled out of
  10. wiggler
  11. wigglers

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