wriggle

Meanings

Verb

  • To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
  • To cause something to wriggle.
  • To use crooked or devious means.

Noun

Origin

  • From wrig + -le. Compare Dutch wriggelen, Low German wriggeln. Related to Old English wrigian, from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną.

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