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wriggle

[ rig-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

wriggled, wriggling.
  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.



verb (used with object)

wriggled, wriggling.
  1. to cause to wriggle:

    to wriggle one's hips.

  2. to bring, get, make, etc., by wriggling:

    to wriggle one's way through a narrow opening.

noun

  1. act of wriggling; a wriggling movement.

wriggle

/ 藞谤瑟伞蓹濒 /

verb

  1. to make or cause to make twisting movements
  2. intr to progress by twisting and turning
  3. intr; foll by into or out of to manoeuvre oneself by clever or devious means

    wriggle out of an embarrassing situation

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a wriggling movement or action
  2. a sinuous marking or course
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞飞谤颈驳驳濒别谤, noun
  • 藞飞谤颈驳驳濒测, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 飞谤颈驳顎僩濒颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 辞耻迟顎厀谤颈驳顎僩濒别 verb (used with object) outwriggled outwriggling
  • 耻苍路飞谤颈驳顎僩濒别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of wriggle1

1485鈥95; < Middle Low German wriggelen (cognate with Dutch wriggelen ), frequentative of *wriggen to twist, turn, akin to Old English 飞谤墨驳颈补苍 to twist; wry
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of wriggle1

C15: from Middle Low German; compare Dutch wriggelen
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As a result, there is far less wriggle room financially when bills rise.

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There鈥檚 something undeniably funny about watching people wriggle around beneath the red velvet curtains of their box seats, shouting back and forth with the group.

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We gawked at the sea creatures 鈥 lobsters, soft-shell turtles, wriggling live eels 鈥 while she filled the cart.

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On Thursday, the government confirmed 29 councils have requested additional wriggle room to balance their budgets next year, worth a collective 拢1.5bn, under financial support rules introduced during the Covid pandemic.

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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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