wiggle room

noun

Definition of wiggle roomnext
as in slack
an allowable margin of freedom or variation the language of the contract is vague and leaves too much wiggle room

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Recent Examples of wiggle room But the show’s core constitution doesn’t leave much wiggle room for genre experiments, let alone tonal shifts into full-on song-and-dance mode. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026 Most hoppers require you to place your bills as neat and evenly as possible to avoid jams and other issues, but better hoppers give you some wiggle room. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 While Detroit currently has enough financial wiggle room to not worry about exceeding the luxury tax, there is the NBA repeater tax levied to teams that go over the luxury tax in at least three out of four seasons. — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Look for a shoe that fits extremely snug, almost like a second skin, and leaves way less wiggle room for your toes than a comparable road-running shoe. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wiggle room
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiggle room
  1. slack
  2. space
Noun
  • The Orange defense held Isaac Brown in check but others picked up the slack, and the Cardinals have scored at least 28 points in all its games.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Are the rest of the characters going to pick up the slack in trauma now that Owen and Teddy are gone?
    — Max Gao, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of slack
Noun
  • The lap pool shares the roof with a sunken lounge, barbecue area, covered dining space and bathroom.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026
  • His producers find a shadowy space between the headrush of cloud rap and the glitchiness of PC Music hyperpop, where everything sounds colossal and darkly palatial.
    — Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of space

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“Wiggle room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiggle%20room. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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