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Meaning of wriggling

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

wriggling

verb

Definitions

  1. To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.

    Example: Teachers often lose their patience when children wriggle in their seats.

  2. To cause to or make something wriggle.

    Example: He was sitting on the lawn, wriggling his toes in the grass.

  3. To use crooked or devious means.

noun

Definitions

  1. The act of one who wriggles.

    Example: The child's constant wrigglings made her difficult to hold.