wiggle-waggle
adjectiveDefinition of wiggle-waggle
(Entry 1 of 3)
: indecisive, vacillating has gone wiggle-waggle and cannot be persuaded to be categorical— Lionel Hale
wiggle-waggle
intransitive verbDefinition 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
nounDefinition 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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