wriggle

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/ˈɹɪɡəl/

verb 3noun 1

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

uncomfortably

The student wriggled uncomfortably as she waited to hear her exam results.

free

The child wriggled free from her mother's arms and started dancing around the room.

about, away

PHRASES

wriggle your way

The child wriggled his way through the crowd to reach his mother at the front.

Definitions

verb

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.

Both he and successors would often wriggle in their seats, as long as the cushion lasted.

To cause something to wriggle.

He was sitting on the lawn, wriggling his toes in the grass.

To use crooked or devious means.

noun

A wriggling movement.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of wiggling

verb — to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

get a wriggle on

To hurry up.

Informed our hostess a thousand times we had to leave early, and do you think she'd get a wriggle on with the tea ?

Example Bank

Teachers often lose their patience when children wriggle in their seats.

Wiktionary

Both he and successors would often wriggle in their seats, as long as the cushion lasted.

Wiktionary

In this category the Wriggling Orator claims our attention. This St. Vitus-like speaker does not stand firmly in his boots, but his feet wriggle from heel to toe and over one another; his knees are no

Wiktionary

He will wriggle out of the fix.

Tatoeba · #19547

Wriggle your toes.

Tatoeba · #2254925

I'll try to wriggle out of it if I can.

Tatoeba · #3213729

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