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wriggle
[ rig-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
- to twist to and fro; writhe; squirm.
- to move along by twisting and turning the body, as a worm or snake.
- to make one's way by shifts or expedients (often followed by out ):
to wriggle out of a difficulty.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to wriggle:
to wriggle one's hips.
- to bring, get, make, etc., by wriggling:
to wriggle one's way through a narrow opening.
noun
- act of wriggling; a wriggling movement.
wriggle
/ ˈ°ùɪɡə±ô /
verb
- to make or cause to make twisting movements
- intr to progress by twisting and turning
- intr; foll by into or out of to manoeuvre oneself by clever or devious means
wriggle out of an embarrassing situation
noun
- a wriggling movement or action
- a sinuous marking or course
Derived Forms
- ˈ·É°ù¾±²µ²µ±ô±ð°ù, noun
- ˈ·É°ù¾±²µ²µ±ô²â, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ·É°ù¾±²µî€ƒg±ô¾±²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
- ´Ç³Ü³Ùw°ù¾±²µî€ƒg±ô±ð verb (used with object) outwriggled outwriggling
- ³Ü²Ô··É°ù¾±²µî€ƒg±ô±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of wriggle1
Example Sentences
As a result, there is far less wriggle room financially when bills rise.
There’s something undeniably funny about watching people wriggle around beneath the red velvet curtains of their box seats, shouting back and forth with the group.
We gawked at the sea creatures — lobsters, soft-shell turtles, wriggling live eels — while she filled the cart.
On Thursday, the government confirmed 29 councils have requested additional wriggle room to balance their budgets next year, worth a collective £1.5bn, under financial support rules introduced during the Covid pandemic.
However, weak economic growth and higher borrowing costs have weighed on that wriggle room, raising the question of whether Reeves will have to raise taxes or cut spending.
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