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Definitions for Wriggle

[1] to twist to and fro; writhe; squirm.
[2] to move along by twisting and turning the body, as a worm or snake.
[3] to make one's way by shifts or expedients (often followed by out ): to wriggle out of a difficulty.
[4] to cause to wriggle: to wriggle one's hips.
[5] to bring, get, make, etc., by wriggling: to wriggle one's way through a narrow opening.
[6] act of wriggling; a wriggling movement.
[7] to make or cause to make twisting movements
[8] (intr) to progress by twisting and turning
[9] (intr; foll by into or out of) to manoeuvre oneself by clever or devious means wriggle out of an embarrassing situation
[10] a wriggling movement or action
[11] a sinuous marking or course

Words related to Wriggle

squirm, crawl, sneak, zigzag, dodge, glide, jerk, wag, convulse, skew, writhe, jiggle, twist, turn, ooze, slip, waggle, twitch, slink, snake

Words nearby Wriggle

wretched, wrexham, wrick, wrier, wriest, wriggle, wriggler, wrigglework, wriggly, wright, wright brothers

Origin of Wriggle

1485–95; < Middle Low German wriggelen (cognate with Dutch wriggelen ), frequentative of *wriggen to twist, turn, akin to Old English wrīgian to twist; see wry

Other words from Wriggle

wrig·gling·ly , adverb
out·wrig·gle , verb (used with object), out·wrig·gled, out·wrig·gling.
un·wrig·gled , adjective

Word origin for Wriggle

C15: from Middle Low German; compare Dutch wriggelen

Synonyms for Wriggle

crawl, sneak, squirm, zigzag, convulse, dodge, glide, jerk, jiggle, ooze, skew, slink, slip, snake, turn, twist, twitch, wag, waggle, worm, writhe, extricate oneself