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| wriggle [ rígg'l ] |
verb (3rd person present singular wriggles, present participle wriggling, past and past participle wriggled) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb twist and turn: to make small quick twisting and turning movements with the body, or cause the body to move in this way
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2. intransitive verb move while twisting and turning: to move by making quick twisting and turning movements
  managed to wriggle out of the sleeping bag
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noun (plural wriggles) |
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1. twisting or turning movement: a small quick twisting or turning movement
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2. twisting passage or course: a twisting passage or line
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| [14th century. Probably < Middle Low German wriggelen< wriggen 'to turn'] |
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| wriggler noun |
| wriggly adjective |
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