• v. t. To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm. a. Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible. Wriggle.
  • If you wriggle or wriggle part of your body, you twist and turn with quick movements, for example because you are uncomfortable.
  • 1. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling). Familiarity information: WRIGGLE used as a verb is very rare.
  • to move along by twisting and turning the body, as a worm: [no object]The worm wriggled in the dirt.[~ + object]He wriggled his way through the narrow tunnel.
  • Why bother to wriggle out of accepting that Ecclestone was a fat donor? He can not pay the tax, and does everything he can to wriggle out of their demand.
  • Wriggle To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.
  • Perhaps there are moments when the man has remembered his childish language, betrayed by his fondness for such words as 'wriggle', 'slither' and 'squish'.
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  • Can you do the chickenskin swim? / Can you wriggle like an eel? / Drop it down when it hit the blood / A.