noun
Meaning 1
Anything that wiggles.
The larva of a mosquito.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wriggler
Antonyms: none provided
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wiggler
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noun
Meaning 2
Anything that wiggles.
An earthworm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-US
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Anything that wiggles.
Any of several types of tool for center-finding or edge-finding in manufacturing, especially metalworking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing
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Synonyms: wriggler
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Anything that wiggles.
A magnet designed to make a beam of charged particles follow a curving path in an accelerator.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: oligochaete, oligochaete worm
noun
Meaning 6
larva of a mosquito
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wriggler
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: larva
noun
Meaning 7
one who can't stay still (especially a child)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wriggler, squirmer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
History
Etymology
From wiggle + -er.