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wrig⋅gle

  [rig-uhl] verb, -gled, -gling, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to twist to and fro; writhe; squirm.
2. to move along by twisting and turning the body, as a worm or snake.
3. to make one's way by shifts or expedients (often fol. by out): to wriggle out of a difficulty.
–verb (used with object)
4. to cause to wriggle: to wriggle one's hips.
5. to bring, get, make, etc., by wriggling: to wriggle one's way through a narrow opening.
–noun
6. act of wriggling; a wriggling movement.
Origin:
1485–95; < MLG wriggelen (c. D wriggelen), freq. of *wriggen to twist, turn, akin to OE wrīgian to twist; see wry

Related forms:
wrig⋅gling⋅ly, adverb
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wrig·gle   (rĭg'əl)   
v.   wrig·gled, wrig·gling, wrig·gles

v.   intr.

  1. To turn or twist the body with sinuous writhing motions; squirm.

  2. To proceed with writhing motions.

  3. To worm one's way into or out of a situation; insinuate or extricate oneself by sly or subtle means.

v.   tr.

  1. To move with a wriggling motion: wriggle a toe.

  2. To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wriggling: He wriggled his way into favor.

n.  

  1. A wriggling movement.

  2. A sinuous path, line, or marking.


[Middle English wrigglen, perhaps from Middle Low German wriggeln; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
wrig'gly adj.
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Word Origin & History

wriggle 
1495, from M.L.G. wrigglen "to wriggle," from P.Gmc. *wrig-, *wreik- "to turn" (see wry). Related to O.E. wrigian "to turn, incline, go forward."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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