'Wriggle' definitions:
Definition of 'wriggle'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Wriggle'
From: GCIDE
- Wriggle \Wrig"gle\, v. t. To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm. [1913 Webster]
- Covetousness will wriggle itself out at a small hole. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- Wriggling his body to recover His seat, and cast his right leg over. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wriggle'
From: GCIDE
- Wriggle \Wrig"gle\, a. Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible. [Obs.] "Their wriggle tails." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wriggle'
From: GCIDE
- Wriggle \Wrig"gle\, n. Act of wriggling; a short or quick writhing motion or contortion. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wriggle'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'wriggle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- fidget,
- flip out,
- flow,
- flutter,
- freak out on,
- get high on,
- glide,
- glow,
- go pitapat,
- have the fidgets,
- have the shakes,
- heave,
- jerk,
- ooze,
- palpitate,
- pant,
- quake,
- quaver,
- quiver,
- shake,
- shiver,
- slide,
- slip,
- squiggle,
- squirm,
- swell,
- swell with emotion,
- thrill,
- thrill to,
- throb,
- tingle,
- tingle with excitement,
- toss,
- toss and turn,
- tremble,
- tumble,
- turn on to,
- twist and turn,
- twitch,
- twitter,
- wag,
- waggle,
- wiggle,
- worm,
- writhe