wiggins

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noun

The creeps; a feeling of fear or anxiety.

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Meanings

wiggins1

nounwiggins pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyslangThe creeps; a feeling of fear or anxiety.

    We could meet someplace quieter. Louder. Uh, that place just kind of gives me the wiggins.

    1997 March 10, “Welcome to the Hellmouth”, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar)
    1 more example

    Living in Rush's world never failed to give me the wiggins, but this time I barely noticed.

    2014, Ian Thomas Healy, Scott Bachmann, Frank Byrns, The Good Fight

Wiggins2

proper noun
  1. A surname.
  2. A statutory town in Morgan County, Colorado, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Stone County, Mississippi, United States.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
creeps

Origin

Alteration of wiggings, from wig (“to be nervous or fearful”). First recorded use in 1997, in the first episode of the American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Compare also wigging out.

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APA

wiggins. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wiggins

MLA

“wiggins.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wiggins. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wiggins,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wiggins.

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