Definition of wiggle-waggle
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: indecisive, vacillating has gone wiggle-waggle and cannot be persuaded to be categorical— Lionel Hale
wiggle-waggle
intransitive verb\ " \
Definition of wiggle-waggle (Entry 2 of 3)
: to move jerkily back and forth : wiggle and waggle from one thing to another : vacillate wiggle-waggles between appeals for charity and responsible state action — Nation
wiggle-waggle
noun\ " \
variants:
or wiggle-woggle \ ¦⸗⸗¦⸗⸗ \
Definition of wiggle-waggle (Entry 3 of 3)
: something (as an amusement park contrivance) that wiggle-waggles
flip-flaps, switchbacks, wiggle-woggles— Rose Macaulay
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