wriggle
pronunciation
How to pronounce wriggle in British English:
UK [ˈrɪgl]
How to pronounce wriggle in American English:
US [ˈrɪɡəl]
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- Noun:
- the act of wiggling
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- Verb:
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
Word Origin
- wriggle
- wriggle: see wry
- wriggle (v.)
- late 15c., from Middle Low German wrigglen "to wriggle," from Proto-Germanic *wreik- "to turn" (see wry). Related to Old English wrigian "to turn, incline, go forward."
Example
- 1. He felt her shoulders give a wriggle of dissent .
- 2. Most pupils wriggle as soon as they become bored .
- 3. I can 't manage to wriggle out of accompanying my parents to europe .
- 4. Two weeks later the butterflies wriggle free , walk out and make a winged getaway .
- 5. I saw a snake wriggle away .