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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



... (With a shudder.) Thank you. B-but even Red Indians allow people to wriggle when they're being tortured, I believe. (Slips fan from girdle and fans slowly: rim of fan ...
— Soldiers Three • Rudyard Kipling

... can wriggle through if they can. One thing is certain, it won't be for lack of trying. So, whatever you may have to send to the major, get ready; the lightning express leaves at 4.30. I must go and report my movements to the commanding ...
— Marion's Faith. • Charles King

... her wrist, looked up roguishly. "I couldn't possibly wriggle out of my gown, could I, Dr. Weissmann? And if I did, how could I get the tacks ...
— The Tyranny of the Dark • Hamlin Garland

... Look at the cut of those solemn Presbyterian whiskers. It makes me faint to remember how many times I've tried and failed to get my hooks into him. I know you could land the deacon. I'd joyfully give you a million just to see him wriggle ...
— The Root of Evil • Thomas Dixon

... open to let Lass jump out, but it was wide enough for her to push her nose through. And by vigorous thrusting, with her triangular head as a wedge, she was able to widen the aperture, inch by inch. In less than three minutes she had broadened it far enough for her to wriggle out of the car and leap to the side of the ...
— Bruce • Albert Payson Terhune


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