jiggly

adjective

Definition of jigglynext
as in rickety

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Recent Examples of jiggly The cheesecake rises like a souffle, with a jiggly center and a beautiful brown crust. — Amisha Gurbani, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2026 Place the pie on the heated stone or skillet and bake until the edges are set and the center is still slightly jiggly, 40 to 50 minutes. — Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 27 Feb. 2026 Raw celtuce, a lettuce cultivar bred for its sweet stem rather than for its leaves, is cut into neat rectangles of a luminous parakeet green, interleaved with strips of jiggly kombu jelly, and plated atop a vermillion pool of Yongchun red vinegar. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026 The jiggly, quaking contraption is eye-catching—a natural social media star. — Julia Sullivan, Outside, 23 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jiggly
  1. rickety
  2. jiggling
  3. doddering
  4. tottering
  5. precarious
  6. teetering
  7. infirm
  8. wobbly
Adjective
  • The possibility -- even likelihood -- of some rickety old thing collapsing under me never occurred to me.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
  • There followed an uncomfortable, lurching ride in a rickety old coach.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of rickety
Adjective
  • Its apparently smooth screen quickly dissolves into a jiggling lattice of molecules, which in turn resolve into clouds of electrons buzzing around atomic nuclei.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Every part of me that can jiggle is now jiggling.
    — Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
Definition of jiggling
Adjective
  • According to a recent study, stock prices decline when younger CEOs die unexpectedly, while the sudden deaths of the doddering and wizened drive price spikes.
    — Samuel Moyn, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Even Kathy Hilton is like a ghost of her former self, with Jen Tilly taking the crown of doddering kook away from her.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of doddering
Adjective
  • Neither of them understands the other’s dynamic with Daniel, and the split-episode format keeps our sympathies teeter-tottering between each woman.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Definition of tottering
Adjective
  • Kerry’s pure love for her son despite his precarious origins is a meaningful emotional fulcrum.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The Financial Times reports that nearly a quarter of its revenue in 2025 came from just two clients, which is a precarious situation for any company, let alone one trying to tempt prospective investors into a $2 trillion IPO.
    — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of precarious
Adjective
  • Vera handed over 10 boxes, one by one, until her arms were full and teetering.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 31 July 2026
Definition of teetering
Adjective
  • But according to Galloway, shortly before his death in 1989, a friend came upon an infirm Olivier watching one of Leigh’s films.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier this month, Nancy Guthrie, the elderly and infirm mother of Today show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was violently taken from her home in Tucson, Arizona.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
Definition of infirm
Adjective
  • One of the primary question marks around Costco in recent quarters has been slowing membership growth rates and wobbly renewal trends.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Privately, even with layoffs looming once the companies are merged, the ambitious Democrats were wobbly kneed in this corporate game of chicken that MAGA-friendly Ellison would leave them holding the bag jut before the midterms.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of wobbly

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“Jiggly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jiggly. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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