Wriggle

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  • intransitive verb. To turn or twist the body or a body part with writhing motions.
  • intransitive verb. To move or proceed with writhing motions.
  • intransitive verb. To move with a wriggling motion.
  • intransitive verb. To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wriggling.
  • noun. A wriggling movement.
  • phrasal verb. To extricate oneself from (an undesirable situation or responsibility, for example) by sly or subtle means.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The motion of one who or that which wriggles; a quick twisting motion or contortion like that of a worm or an eel.
  • noun. Something showing the effect of wriggling or sinuous action; a sinuosity or contortion; a wrinkle.
  • To move sinuously; twist to and fro; writhe; squirm; wiggle.
  • To move along sinuously, or by twisting and turning the body, as a snake, an eel, or a worm; hence, figuratively, to proceed by shifts and turns; make way by sinuous or crooked means: as, to wriggle out of a difficulty.
  • To cause to wriggle; twist and shake slightly and quickly; effect by wriggling.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.
  • transitive verb. To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.
  • noun. Act of wriggling; a short or quick writhing motion or contortion.
  • adjective. Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To slightly twist one's body and quickly move one's limbs.
  • verb. To cause to or make something wriggle.
  • noun. A wriggling movement.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
  • noun. the act of wiggling
  • Word Usage
    "Did even a phony like Randall Terry "wriggle" into the spotlight recently when he exploited the hapless Schiavo family?"
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    motility  motion  move  movement  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    giggle  jiggle  riggle  squiggle  wiggle  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bellow  fidget  frig  heave  shove  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    busk  fidget  flexible  flip out  flow  
    verb-form