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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wriggle \Wrig"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wriggled}; p. pr & vb
n. {Wriggling}.] [Freq. of wrig, probably from OE wrikken to
move to and fro; cf LG wriggeln D. wrikken Sw vricka
Dan. vrikke.]
To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions,
like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about
Both he and successors would often wriggle in their
seats, as long as the cushion lasted. --Swift.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
wriggling
adj : having a twisting or snake-like or worm-like motion;
"squirming boys"; "wiggly worms"; "writhing snakes"
[syn: {squirming}, {twisting}, {wiggling}, {wiggly}, {wriggly},
{writhing}]
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