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wriggle

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wriggle  \Wrig"gle\,  v.  t. 
  To  move  with  short,  quick  contortions;  to  move  by  twisting 
  and  squirming;  like  a  worm. 
 
  Covetousness  will  wriggle  itself  out  at  a  small  hole. 
  --Fuller. 
 
  Wriggling  his  body  to  recover  His  seat,  and  cast  his 
  right  leg  over  --Hudibras. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wriggle  \Wrig"gle\,  a. 
  Wriggling;  frisky;  pliant;  flexible.  [Obs.]  ``Their  wriggle 
  tails.''  --Spenser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wriggle  \Wrig"gle\,  n. 
  Act  of  wriggling;  a  short  or  quick  writhing  motion  or 
  contortion. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wriggle 
  n  :  the  act  of  wiggling  [syn:  {wiggle},  {squirm}] 
  v  :  to  move  in  a  twisting  or  contorted  motion,  (esp.  when 
  struggling);  "The  prisoner  writhed  in  discomfort."  "The 
  child  tried  to  wriggle  free  from  his  aunt's  embrace." 
  [syn:  {writhe},  {wrestle},  {worm},  {squirm},  {twist}]




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