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Wriggle

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Noun

1. squirm, wiggle, wriggle

the act of wiggling

Verb

2. squirm, twist, worm, wrestle, wriggle, writhe

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

Example Sentences:
'The prisoner writhed in discomfort'
'The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wriggle

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verb
1. 
to make or cause to make twisting movements
2. (intransitive)
to progress by twisting and turning
3. (intr; foll by into or out of)
to manoeuvre oneself by clever or devious means
wriggle out of an embarrassing situation
noun
4. 
a wriggling movement or action
5. 
a sinuous marking or course

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Wriggle

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verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈwriggled or ˈwriggling
1. 
to move to and fro with a twisting, writhing motion; twist and turn; squirm
2. 
to move along with a wriggling motion
3. 
to make one's way by subtle or shifty means; dodge; equivocate
to wriggle out of a difficulty
verb transitive
4. 
to cause to wriggle
5. 
to bring into a specified condition, form, etc. by wriggling
noun
6. 
a wriggling movement or action

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Wriggle

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v. wrig·gled, wrig·gling, wrig·gles
v.intr.
1. To turn or twist the body or a body part with writhing motions: The rabbit's nose wriggled.
2. To move or proceed with writhing motions: wriggle into a sleeping bag; wriggled out of his grasp.
v.tr.
1. To move with a wriggling motion: wriggle a toe.
2. To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wriggling: He wriggled his way into her good graces.
n.
A wriggling movement.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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