wriggle

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪɡəl/

The English word “wriggle” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
To cause something to wriggle.
To use crooked or devious means.

noun

A wriggling movement.

Etymology

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”).

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