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I try not to violate what came before me and to leave lots of wiggle room for those who will follow.
Len Wein

Meaning of "wiggle room" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WIGGLE ROOM

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WIGGLE ROOM

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conjunction
determiner
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Wiggle room is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WIGGLE ROOM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of wiggle room in the English dictionary

The definition of wiggle room in the dictionary is scope for freedom of action or thought.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WIGGLE ROOM

wig
wig out
Wig.
Wigan
wigeon
wigga
wigged
wigger
wiggery
wigging
wiggle
wiggler
wiggly
wiggy
wight
wightly
wigless
wiglet
wiglike
wigmaker

WORDS THAT END LIKE WIGGLE ROOM

bathroom
breakfast room
chat room
control room
dining room
double room
dressing room
elephant in the room
emergency room
family room
guest room
hotel room
living room
locker room
powder room
press room
shower room
single room
sitting room
tea room
utility room

Synonyms and antonyms of wiggle room in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «wiggle room» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WIGGLE ROOM

Find out the translation of wiggle room to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wiggle room from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wiggle room» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

回旋余地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

margen de maniobra
570 millions of speakers

English

wiggle room
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

wiggle कमरा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مساحة كبيرة للمناورة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

маневра
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

espaço de manobra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আন্দোলিত কক্ষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

marge de manœuvre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bilik goyang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spielraum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

余地
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

호기심 룸
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kamar goyang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phòng lung
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிகுந்த அறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वळवळ खोली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sallanmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spazio di manovra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

manewru
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

маневру
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

loc de manevră
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δωμάτιο κουνάω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wikkel kamer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

wigglerum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slingringsmonn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wiggle room

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WIGGLE ROOM»

The term «wiggle room» is regularly used and occupies the 85.734 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WIGGLE ROOM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wiggle room

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2 QUOTES WITH «WIGGLE ROOM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wiggle room.
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Emile Hirsch
If you give an actor any wiggle room to whine in situations where they want to whine, you're gonna whine.
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Len Wein
I try not to violate what came before me and to leave lots of wiggle room for those who will follow.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WIGGLE ROOM»

Discover the use of wiggle room in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wiggle room and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Wiggle Room
"Darden North writes vividly, with strong pace, action and emotion, counterbalanced with sharp observations and wry humor.
Darden North, 2013
2
Sighing Forth My Soul: Reflections Along A Journey of Faith
One of them speaks, “That doesn't leave us a lot of wiggle room.” Wiggle room? No, I don't think so. When God dictated those ten words to Moses, wiggle room was not an option. The Master Lover wanted only the best for his children “so that  ...
Jerry Ruth Williams, 2007
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Land Your Dream Career: Eleven Steps to Take in College
Professor Hays eliminated the idea of wiggle room—those spaces in between ap — I n our hectic, usually overscheduled existences, we have practically pointments and deadlines where the beauty of life usually happens. Ironically, we are ...
Tori Randolph Terhune, Betsy A. Hays, 2013
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Buy Even Lower: The Regular People's Guide to Real Estate Riches
This reduction is meant to provide wiggle room in the negotiations, so we call it the Wiggle-Room Discount. For properties that have low Repair and Improvement Costs, few negative properties attributes, and a relatively short length of time on ...
Scott Frank, Andy Heller, 2006
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Wiggle Room: Finding a Niche in Publishing Children's Books
This book is a guide to finding your niche in creating books for children.
Rochelle O'Neal Thorpe, Cailin Barrett Bressack, 2010
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Idioms in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
Politically, meanwhile, the oft-repeated U.S. demand that Gadhafi must leave power and leave Libya has left the Obama administration with little wiggle room for a creative diplomatic solution. — Associated Press (7/30/2011) “Sell by” is ...
Peter Bengelsdorf
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Developing a Heart for God: Life-Changing Lessons from the ...
But we must learn the lesson Solomon faced: Leaving a little wiggle room is one of the most dangerous steps in the downward spiral from wisdom to folly. Leaving a little wiggle room in our commitment to God almost always leads to a little ...
John Ortberg, 2003
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Trading Full Circle: The Complete Underground Trader System ...
Wiggle Room: This is the amount of price pullback you give your position before triggering a stop loss. Gauging wiggle room takes experience and a feel for the stock. Wiggle room can be very tricky if the market or trend is a choppy one where  ...
Jea Yu, 2012
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Handbook of Self-Enhancement and Self-Protection
First, it was important to make the moral relevance of the decision salient. Second , there needed to be sufficient wiggle room, or ambiguity, so that it would be possible to appear moral without actually having to be moral (see Snyder, Kleck,  ...
Mark D. Alicke, Constantine Sedikides, 2012
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New Foundations for Physical Geometry: The Theory of Linear ...
Even before topology was developed as a formal discipline, the notion of open and closed intervals existed. All of the informal talk about “wiggle room” and “ breathing space” and “boundaries” is also comprehensible in colloquial English.
Tim Maudlin, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WIGGLE ROOM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wiggle room is used in the context of the following news items.
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Germany Keeps Wiggle Room on Greek Debt
BERLIN—For Germany, offering debt relief for Greece isn't a question of yes or no, but how much. Officials in Germany, Greece's biggest creditor, are mindful of ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
Yen is running out of wiggle room
The Greek spectacle has descended from high drama to low farce, with the troubled country putting in a cheeky request for new loans even after calling a ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
3
No 'wiggle room' in Grand Rapids schools 2016 budget
Board President Tony Baker said the nearly 17,000-student district doesn't have any "wiggle room'' with a 5 percent or $7.9 million general fund reserve, which ... «MLive.com, Jun 15»
4
Dr. Drew 'Frustrated' with Dolezal Interviewers: Don't Give 'Wiggle
... disorder, but the interviewers are clearly not used to talking to people like this, where you have to nail them down, you cannot give them wiggle room«Mediaite, Jun 15»
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White House Wants 'Wiggle Room' For US Combat Ground Troops …
“For exceptions like that I would preserve some wiggle room,” he said. “But as a matter of policy, the president has been clear, that we've learned the lessons of ... «Breitbart News, May 15»
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Minnesota United: July Stadium Deadline Has “Wiggle Room
“There's definitely wiggle room there,” says Durkee, adding that the McGuire group would not lose the franchise if every stadium detail weren't nailed down by ... «Twin Cities Business Magazine, May 15»
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Ukraine Crisis Opens Up Wiggle Room For Lukashenka
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has continued his decades-old policy of remaining within Russia's orbit, but avoiding getting completely caught in ... «RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, May 15»
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EU's Juncker sees wiggle room to keep Britain in
"There's still room for finding intersectional space between what I think Britain will propose and what I think about the European reaction," he said. Other EU ... «Reuters, Apr 15»
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It's not a science; allow for wiggle room
You have to allow for wiggle room, but every team, even the needs pickers, are trying to respect their board's value line. Why? Because where you pick a player ... «Packers.com, Apr 15»
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Council report shows little wiggle room when it comes to rail
The main conclusion of the fact-finding mission is this: the city has very little wiggle room when it comes to changing certain aspects of the project that were ... «KITV Honolulu, Mar 15»

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