wriggle

(rĭg'əl)

v., -gled, -gling, -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.]

wriggly wrig'gly adj.

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verb

To move or proceed with short irregular motions up and down or from side to side: squiggle, squirm, waggle, wiggle, worm, writhe. See move/halt, repetition.

For a list of words related to wriggle, see:

• Mood and Intent - wriggle: writhe; squirm from side to side

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - vride sig, sno sig, bugte sig
v. tr. - vrikke, sno
n. - vriden, vrikken

Nederlands (Dutch)
kronkelen, lospeuteren

Français (French)
v. intr. - s'agiter, gigoter, se tortiller, (fig) se tirer d'affaire
v. tr. - remuer, (lit) se sortir/se dégager de qch, (fig) se sortir de qch
n. - action de gigoter/se tortiller

Deutsch (German)
n. - windende Bewegung
v. - sich winden, zappeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κουλούριασμα, συστροφή, στριφογύρισμα
v. - συστρέφομαι, στριφογυρίζω, σπαρταρώ, ξεφεύγω, ξεγλιστράω, προχωρώ ελικοειδώς σαν φίδι, ελίσσομαι

Italiano (Italian)
contorcersi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ziguezague (m)
v. - torcer-se, sair de uma situação difícil, infiltrar-se maliciosamente

Русский (Russian)
изгиб, извив, изгибание, выгибание (тела), изгибаться, корчиться, дергаться, пробираться ползком

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - retorcerse, agitarse, menearse, culebrear
v. tr. - menear, hacer serpentear
n. - meneo, contorsión, serpenteo, culebreo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vridning
v. - vrida, slingra, skruva på sig, vicka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
蠕动, 摆脱, 蜿蜒前进, 使扭动, 挣, 蜿蜒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 蠕動, 擺脫, 蜿蜒前進
v. tr. - 使扭動, 掙
n. - 蠕動, 蜿蜒

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 몸부림치다, 우물쭈물하다, 교묘히 환심을 사다
v. tr. - 꿈틀거리게 하다, 교묘히 하게 하다
n. - 몸부림침, 꿈틀거림, 꿈틀거린 흔적

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 体をくねらせる, くねらせる, 何とか切り抜ける
n. - 身をくねらせること

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تلو, ترعص, تمعج (فعل) يتلوي, يتمعج, يتملص, يلوي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התפתל, חש אי-נוחות, ניענע, פירכס, התחמק‬
v. tr. - ‮התפתל, נע בפיתולים, ניענע, פירכס‬
n. - ‮התפתלות, נענוע, פרכוס‬

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