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Webster 1913 Edition
Wriggle
Wrig′gle
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wriggled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wriggling
.] [Freq. of
wrig
, probably from OE. wrikken
to move to and fro; cf. LG. wriggeln
, D. wrikken
, Sw. vricka
, Dan. vrikke
.] 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
as long as the cushion lasted.
wriggle
in their seats,as long as the cushion lasted.
Swift.
Wrig′gle
,Verb.
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. Fuller.
Wriggling
his body to recoverHis seat, and cast his right leg over.
Hudibras.
Wrig′gle
,Adj.
Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.
[Obs.]
“Their wriggle tails.” Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wriggle
WRIGGLE
,Verb.
I.
Both he and his successors would often wriggle in their seats, as long as the cushion lasted.
WRIGGLE
,Verb.
T.
Wriggling his body to recover his seat, and cast his right leg over.
Definition 2024
wriggle
wriggle
English
Verb
wriggle (third-person singular simple present wriggles, present participle wriggling, simple past and past participle wriggled)
- (intransitive) To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
- Teachers often lose their patience when children wriggle in their seats.
- Jonathan Swift
- Both he and successors would often wriggle in their seats, as long as the cushion lasted.
- (transitive) To cause to or make something wriggle.
- He was sitting on the lawn, wriggling his toes in the grass.
Derived terms
Translations
to twist one's body and move the limbs
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to make or cause to wriggle
Noun
wriggle (plural wriggles)
- A wriggling movement.
Translations
wriggling movement
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