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wiggle room noun
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latitude, leeway, slack, space
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Examples of wiggle room in a Sentence
 The salesman has some wiggle room to reduce the price of the car.
 the language of the contract is vague and leaves too much wiggle room
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This means a song has to contain a certain amount of wiggle room to sound both wide-eyed and hairy-legged.
— David Kirby, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
This can be helpful for those who don’t have a lot of wiggle room in their budget, because payments can be as low as $0 a month.
— Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2022
But Caatsa provides too much wiggle room for U.S. policy makers, which weakens its ability to deter potential Russian customers.
— Grant Rumley, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2022
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First Known Use of wiggle room
1965, in the meaning defined above

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“Wiggle room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiggle. Accessed 29 Sep. 2022.

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wig·;gle | \ ;wi-g;l  \
wiggled; wiggling\ ;wi-;g(;-;)li;  \
Definition of wiggle (Entry 1 of 2)
intransitive verb

1: to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : JIGGLE
2: to proceed with or as if with twisting and turning movements : WRIGGLE
transitive verb

: to cause to wiggle
wiggle noun
Definition of wiggle (Entry 2 of 2)
1: the act of wiggling
2: shellfish or fish in cream sauce with peas

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Noun

wiggly adjective
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Synonyms: Verb

fiddle, fidget, jerk, jig, jiggle, squiggle, squirm, thrash, thresh, toss, twist, twitch, wriggle, writhe
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Examples of wiggle in a Sentence
Verb
 The puppy wiggled with excitement.
 the baby wiggled in her sleep
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For running or walking shoes: Do your toes have plenty of space to wiggle?
— Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 18 Aug. 2022
Others heralded it as a triumph of characterization, a moment for Mabel’s suppressed sexuality to wiggle—albeit uncomfortably—from its shell.
— Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE, 28 June 2022
Firmly grip both sides of the cap with the pliers and gently wiggle the cap back and forth while pulling it down to remove the cap from the hinge.
— Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022
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First Known Use of wiggle
Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun

1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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wag


VERB
(with reference to an animal's tail) move or cause to move rapidly to and fro:
"his tail began to wag";·;[more]
NOUN
a single rapid movement from side to side:
"a chirpy wag of the head"
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Wag the dog
The title of the film comes from the idiomatic English-language expression "the tail wagging the dog", which is referenced at the beginning of the film by a caption that reads:

Why does the dog wag its tail?
Because a dog is smarter than its tail.
If the tail were smarter, it would wag the dog.