Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
wriggle .
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- verb Present participle of
wriggle .
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- adjective moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion
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Examples
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We are told that while he was "wriggling," he was in effect boarded and clothed for some years by his friend, Hon.
Lectures and Essays Goldwin Smith 1866
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Possibly this is the way in which "wriggling" politicians generally put the case to themselves.
Lectures and Essays Goldwin Smith 1866
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He had been "wriggling" and attempting to escape when the two men had attempted to bring his hands behind his back to handcuff him and the two officers had no
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In "The Mothers," she depicts herself heavily pregnant and clutching a pair of wriggling infants.
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And Nadal used to be the greatest—by a mile—at wriggling out of impossible situations, at saving crucial break points and hitting passing shots from awkward positions on the court, especially when a match was on the line.
With 'Outrageous' Aussie Win, Djokovic Sets Sights on Paris Tom Perrotta 2012
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Massimo Riccioli, the chef and owner of one of Rome's most famed seafood restaurants, bounds into a heaving fish stall complete with wriggling eels, lobster the size of forearms and mounds of bright red shrimp and starts getting down to the serious business of choosing his fish.
Plucking the Finest Fruits From the Sea Jemima Sissons 2011
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One dish includes a wriggling live langoustine, which may be odd but "is the tastiest," he says.
Plucking the Finest Fruits From the Sea Jemima Sissons 2011
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Several guys had that CIA look with a cord wriggling into their ears and walkies in their hands, but were professional and inobtrusive.
Vermeer and Rembrandt at the Vancouver Art Gallery « Colleen Anderson 2009
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I watched her wriggling all over with glee at simple things and realized I had lost something (my happinesses were only mental and brief).
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » On the Drawbridge to “Yes” 2010
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She then double-faulted but responded with a nifty drop shot to go up 4-1, sticking her hands out palms-up and wriggling her fingers to the fans.
USA tops Russia, advances to Fed Cup final against Italy 2010
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