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Wriggle   /rˈɪgəl/   Listen
verb
Wriggle  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  v. i.  (past & past part. wriggled; pres. part. wriggling)  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."



noun
Wriggle  n.  Act of wriggling; a short or quick writhing motion or contortion.



adjective
Wriggle  adj.  Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible. (Obs.) "Their wriggle tails."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Wriggle" Quotes from Famous Books



... are you going to say to me? For the last hour I have been asking you to marry me, and you have said nothing; only just 'wriggle, wriggle,' talking ...
— King John of Jingalo - The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties • Laurence Housman

... buffalo wild to avenge to inflict an insult to wriggle he has failed in his duty he has been kept to his bed for the last two days I was careful ...
— Le Petit Chose (part 1) - Histoire d'un Enfant • Alphonse Daudet

... triumphantly, "you can issue complaint against both Baker and Mr. Welton on a charge of bribery, and Baker can't possibly wriggle out by turning state's evidence, because ...
— The Rules of the Game • Stewart Edward White

... I do. Follow close," urged Jack; and, wading to the edge of the wall, he felt along under the water for a moment, then knelt down, ducked his head, gave a wriggle, and disappeared. Rickerl followed him, kneeling and ducking his head. At the same moment he felt a powerful current pulling him forward, and, groping around under the shallow water, his hands encountered the rim of a large iron conduit. He stuck his head into it, gave himself a push, and ...
— Lorraine - A romance • Robert W. Chambers

... the ruler gave a tremendous wriggle with the whole body, which proved as ineffectual as it ...
— Rattlin the Reefer • Edward Howard


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