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Wriggling
verb
Word Frequency:
0.4
Definitions
1.
verb
To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
"Teachers often lose their patience when children wriggle in their seats."
2.
verb
To cause to or make something wriggle.
"He was sitting on the lawn, wriggling his toes in the grass."
3.
verb
To use crooked or devious means.
4.
noun
The act of one who wriggles.
"The child's constant wrigglings made her difficult to hold."
Synonyms
squirming
wiggling
writhing
wiggly
moving
twisting
eely
fidget
wriggle room
crawling
wangle
swivel
Rhymes With
niggling
sniggling
struggling
pigling
smuggling
juggling
higgling
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