wriggle
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wriggle
- /ˈɹɪɡəl/
Rhymes with -ɪɡəl
Where it comes from
From wrig + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch wriggelen (“to wriggle, squirm”), Low German wriggeln (“to wriggle”). Related to Old English wrigian (“to turn, wend, hie, go move”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”).
verb wriggles · wriggling · wriggled
- 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.
- To cause something to wriggle. He was sitting on the lawn, wriggling his toes in the grass.
- To use crooked or devious means.
noun wriggles
- A wriggling movement.
