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WIGGLE ROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wiggle room mean? 

WIGGLE ROOM (noun)
  The noun WIGGLE ROOM has 1 sense:

1. flexibility of interpretation or of optionsplay

  Familiarity information: WIGGLE ROOM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WIGGLE ROOM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Flexibility of interpretation or of options

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the request left some wiggle room for future restructuring

Hypernyms ("wiggle room" is a kind of...):

flexibility; flexibleness (the quality of being adaptable or variable)


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