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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 followed 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.
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noun
6.
act of wriggling; a wriggling movement.
Origin:
1485–95; < Middle Low German wriggelen (cognate with Dutch wriggelen), frequentative of *wriggen to twist, turn, akin to Old English wrīgian to twist; see wry
1485–95; < Middle Low German wriggelen (cognate with Dutch wriggelen), frequentative of *wriggen to twist, turn, akin to Old English wrīgian to twist; see wry
Related forms
wrig·gling·ly, adverb
out·wrig·gle, verb (used with object), -gled, -gling.
un·wrig·gled, adjective
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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."
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