Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To wriggle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To wriggle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
wriggle .
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Examples
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The wind became liquid, then solid, darkening and coalescing until, to the hawk's acute eyes, it looked like a watersnake, glittering like crystal in the harsh sunlight, wrig-gling swiftly over the lakeside to the city waits, winding and thrashing across the steep, rocky incline.
The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994
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The floor seethed with small, lizardlike creatures, squirming and wrig-gling pathetically over each other.
Emperor of Ansalon Niles, Douglas 1993
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Now she wrig - gled them as if taking pride in their appearance.
Breed to Come Norton, Andre 1972
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Then I squirmed out of my cramped bed and wrig - gled snakewise to the right; once behind brush, I got to my feet, my dart gun drawn.
Three Against The Witch World Norton, Andre 1965
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When she wrig - gled out of her moleskin coat at luncheon, she looked like a slim black weasel.
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Some milk-nosed maggot, blessing what lets it wrig to its hole.
Faces 1900
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Some milk-nosed maggot, blessing what lets it wrig to
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Some milk-nosed maggot blessing what lets it wrig to its hole.
Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855
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"You know, Robert," she said, obeying him and wrig-gling against him to find a comfortable position while his arms came about her and one leg came over hers, "I could grow quite comfortable with being a prisoner.
Beyond the Sunrise Balogh, Mary 1992
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