English Explanatory Dictionary

wiggler

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Anything that wiggles.
  2. The larva of a mosquito.
  3. An earthworm.
  4. Any of several types of tool for center-finding or edge-finding in manufacturing, especially metalworking.
  5. A magnet designed to make a beam of charged particles follow a curving path in an accelerator.

Word forms

wiggler wigglers

Etymology

From wiggle + -er.

Synonyms

wriggler

Derived words

red wiggler
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