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wiggle room in British Englishnoun informal scope for freedom of action or thought wiggle room in American Englishnounroom to maneuver; latitude Word origin [1985–90 ]This word is first recorded in the period 1985–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: antisense, codependent, cohousing, neural network, smileyExamples of 'wiggle room' in a sentencewiggle room They maintain there is still plenty of wiggle room in the agreement.We are overscheduled and without wiggle room, and that's what causes such tremendous stress.The chancellor's limited wiggle room could force him to look at raising fuel duty.When it comes to payoffs, there's always wiggle room.Yet technology will leave little wiggle room in this case.Tellingly, it has left wiggle room for face-saving manoeuvring.It typically adjusts consensus economic forecasts downward to provide additional wiggle-room.This will let you know how much wiggle room they really have.For all parties, there is plenty of wiggle room.There is little wiggle room once the season has started. |