单词 | wriggle |
释义 | wriggle —wrigglingly, adv. /rig"euhl/, v. , wriggled, wriggling, n. v.i. 1. to twist to and fro; writhe; squirm. 2. to move along by twisting and turning the body, as a worm or snake. 3. to make one's way by shifts or expedients (often fol. by out): to wriggle out of a difficulty. v.t. 4. to cause to wriggle: to wriggle one's hips. 5. to bring, get, make, etc., by wriggling: to wriggle one's way through a narrow opening. n. 6. act of wriggling; a wriggling movement. [1485-95; < MLG wriggelen (c. D wriggelen), freq. of *wriggen to twist, turn, akin to OE wrigian to twist; see WRY] |
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