WRIGGLE

I. verb (~d; wriggling) see: wry Date: 15th century intransitive verb to move the body or a bodily part to and fro with short writhing motions like a worm ; squirm , to move or advance by twisting and turning, to extricate or insinuate oneself or reach a goal as if by wriggling, transitive verb to cause to move in short quick contortions, to introduce, insinuate, or bring into a state or place by or as if by wriggling, wriggly adjective II. noun Date: 1709 a short or quick writhing motion or contortion, a formation or marking of sinuous design