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wriggly
wrig·gle W0238200 (rĭg′əl)v. wrig·gled, wrig·gling, wrig·gles v.intr.1. To turn or twist the body or a body part with writhing motions: The rabbit's nose wriggled.2. To move or proceed with writhing motions: wriggle into a sleeping bag; wriggled out of his grasp.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 her good graces.n. A wriggling movement.Phrasal Verb: wriggle out of To extricate oneself from (an undesirable situation or responsibility, for example) by sly or subtle means: wriggled out of a jam.
[Middle English wrigglen, perhaps from Middle Low German wriggeln; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]
wrig′gly adj.wrig•gly (ˈrɪg li)
adj. -gli•er, -gli•est. 1. twisting; squirming: a wriggly caterpillar. 2. evasive; shifty: a wriggly character. [1865–70] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | wriggly - moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion; "wiggly worms"wriggling, writhing, wigglymoving - in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts of the machine" |
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