Wriggle /(?)/

Wrig·gle

Wriggle

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Wriggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wriggling

  1. To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.
    Both he and successors would often wriggle in their seats, as long as the cushion lasted.

Wriggle

v. t.
  1. To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.
    Covetousness will wriggle itself out at a small hole.
    Wriggling his body to recover His seat, and cast his right leg over.
    — Hudibras.

Wriggle

a.
  1. Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible. [Obs.]

Wriggle

n.
  1. Act of wriggling; a short or quick writhing motion or contortion.