WRIGGLE


Meaning of WRIGGLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrɪɡl ]

v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (of a worm etc.) twist or turn its body with short writhing movements. 2 intr. (of a person or animal) make wriggling motions. 3 tr. & intr. (foll. by along etc.) move or go in this way (wriggled into the corner; wriggled his hand into the hole). 4 tr. make (one's way) by wriggling. 5 intr. practise evasion. --n. an act of wriggling. øwriggle out of colloq. avoid on a contrived pretext. øøwriggler n. wriggly adj. [ME f. MLG wriggelen frequent. of wriggen]

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