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wriggle
[rig-uhl]
verb (used without object)
to twist to and fro; writhe; squirm.
to move along by twisting and turning the body, as a worm or snake.
to make one's way by shifts or expedients (often followed byout ).
to wriggle out of a difficulty.
verb (used with object)
to cause to wriggle.
to wriggle one's hips.
to bring, get, make, etc., by wriggling.
to wriggle one's way through a narrow opening.
noun
act of wriggling; a wriggling movement.
wriggle
/ ˈɪɡə /
verb
to make or cause to make twisting movements
(intr) to progress by twisting and turning
(intr; foll by into or out of) to manoeuvre oneself by clever or devious means
wriggle out of an embarrassing situation
noun
a wriggling movement or action
a sinuous marking or course
Other Word Forms
- wrigglingly adverb
- outwriggle verb (used with object)
- unwriggled adjective
- ˈɰ noun
- ˈɰ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of wriggle1
Example Sentences
Having burned both their remaining reviews - a potential caught behind off Stubbs' glove and a flimsy lbw appeal against Bedingham - Cummins left himself no wriggle room in the event of some late drama.
They milled in the room to music between sessions with partners, shaking off awkwardness by wriggling their arms, swinging their hips, jumping or full-on dancing.
It's a sufficiently vague term that allows them some wriggle room.
He added that it "doesn't touch the sides in enacting fundamental reform - especially if water companies can still workaround bonuses and wriggle off the hook".
Hours were marked by peals of screams following every uncovered worm wriggling in the corn silks, and each of us proudly showing off our inky fingertips from pressing out purple hull peas from their pods.
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