Found 2 hits - Term: wriggling, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
both he and successors would often wriggle in their
seats,
as long as the cushion lasted. --swift.
1913 webster
see also:
wriggled wriggling
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
see also:
squirming twisting wiggling wiggly wriggly writhing
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