Wriggle

[wrig·gle]

To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

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To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.

Noun
the act of wiggling

Verb
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt''s embrace"


v. i.
To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.

v. t.
To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.

a.
Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.


Wriggle

Wrig"gle , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wriggled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wriggling .] [Freq. of wrig, probably from OE. wrikken to move to and fro; cf. LG. wriggeln, D. wrikken, Sw. vricka, Dan. vrikke.] To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.
Both he and successors would often wriggle in their seats, as long as the cushion lasted.

Wriggle

Wrig"gle, v. t. To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.
Covetousness will wriggle itself out at a small hole.
Wriggling his body to recover His seat, and cast his right leg over.

Wriggle

Wrig"gle, a. Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible. [Obs.] "Their wriggle tails." Spenser.

Wriggler

Wrig"gler , n. One who, or that which, wriggles. Cowper.

To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.

To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.

Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.

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