wriggling
Meaning of wriggling
verb, gerund or present participle
- twist and turn with quick writhing movements.
the puppy wriggled in his arms
she wriggled her bare, brown toes
- avoid (something) by devious means.
don't try and wriggle out of your contract
late 15th century: from Middle Low German wriggelen, frequentative of wriggen ‘twist, turn’.
Information about wriggling
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of wriggling is: wrigglings.
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Hyphenation of wriggling
wrig-gling
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- wriggling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
wriggling synonyms
Meaning squirming:
squirming, twisting, wiggling, wiggly, wriggly, writhing
Meaning wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort:
Meaning make twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body:
Meaning move or cause to move up and down or from side to side with small rapid movements:
Meaning move about quickly from side to side or up and down:
Meaning move or cause to move with a jerk:
Meaning separate grain from (corn or other crops), typically with a flail or by the action of a revolving mechanism:
Meaning struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water:
Meaning flounder; struggle uselessly:
Meaning give or cause to give a short, sudden jerking or convulsive movement:
Meaning move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point:
Meaning move in a wriggling or writhing fashion:
Meaning have or move along in a zigzag course:
Meaning move or extend with the twisting motion of a snake:
Meaning move with difficulty by crawling or wriggling:
Meaning slide or slip unsteadily on a loose or slippery surface:
Meaning move smoothly and quietly with gliding steps, in a stealthy or sensuous manner:
Meaning move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground:
Meaning move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed:
Meaning keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something):
Meaning avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility):
Meaning avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement:
Meaning escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery:
Meaning escape from or avoid (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skilful or cunning way:
Meaning avoid (someone or something) by stepping sideways:
Meaning find a way around (an obstacle):
Meaning deliberately avoid using; abstain from:
Meaning a waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait:
Meaning obtain or withhold money from (someone) unfairly or by deceit; cheat or defraud:
Words that rhyme with wriggling
Ling, Coaling, Ealing, annealing, antiwhaling, appealing, autodialing, avaling, backpedaling, baling, bealing, berascaling, canaling, capitaling, charcoaling, coaling, concealing, congealing, countersealing, craaling, credentialing, crystaling, dealing, descaling, dialing, downscaling, embaling, empaling, ensealing, equaling, exhaling, fealing, foaling, forepaling, gealing, gimbaling, goaling, haling, healing, impaling, inhaling, initialing, instealing, interdealing, intervaling, journaling, keelhaling, kraaling, lateraling, localing
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