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wriggle
(encz) | wriggle,kroucení n: Zdeněk Brož |
wriggle
(encz) | wriggle,kroutit v: Zdeněk Brož |
wriggle
(encz) | wriggle,kroutit se v: Zdeněk Brož |
wriggle
(encz) | wriggle,svíjet v: Zdeněk Brož |
Wriggle
(gcide) | Wriggle \Wrig"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wriggled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Wriggling.] [Freq. of wrig, probably from OE. wrikken to
move to and fro; cf. LG. wriggeln, D. wrikken, Sw. vricka,
Dan. vrikke.]
To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions,
like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.
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Both he and successors would often wriggle in their
seats,
as long as the cushion lasted. --Swift.
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Wriggle
(gcide) | Wriggle \Wrig"gle\, v. t.
To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting
and squirming; like a worm.
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Covetousness will wriggle itself out at a small hole.
--Fuller.
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Wriggling his body to recover
His seat, and cast his right leg over. --Hudibras.
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Wriggle
(gcide) | Wriggle \Wrig"gle\, a.
Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible. [Obs.] "Their wriggle
tails." --Spenser.
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Wriggle
(gcide) | Wriggle \Wrig"gle\, n.
Act of wriggling; a short or quick writhing motion or
contortion.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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wriggle
(wn) | wriggle
n 1: the act of wiggling [syn: wiggle, wriggle, squirm]
v 1: to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when
struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The
child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace" [syn:
writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist] |
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wriggle
(encz) | wriggle,kroucení n: Zdeněk Brožwriggle,kroutit v: Zdeněk Brožwriggle,kroutit se v: Zdeněk Brožwriggle,svíjet v: Zdeněk Brož |
wriggled
(encz) | wriggled, |
wriggler
(encz) | wriggler, |
Wriggled
(gcide) | Wriggle \Wrig"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wriggled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Wriggling.] [Freq. of wrig, probably from OE. wrikken to
move to and fro; cf. LG. wriggeln, D. wrikken, Sw. vricka,
Dan. vrikke.]
To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions,
like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.
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Both he and successors would often wriggle in their
seats,
as long as the cushion lasted. --Swift.
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Wriggler
(gcide) | Wriggler \Wrig"gler\, n.
One who, or that which, wriggles. --Cowper.
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wriggle
(wn) | wriggle
n 1: the act of wiggling [syn: wiggle, wriggle, squirm]
v 1: to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when
struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The
child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace" [syn:
writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist] |
wriggler
(wn) | wriggler
n 1: one who can't stay still (especially a child); "the toddler
was a real wiggler on plane trips" [syn: wiggler,
wriggler, squirmer]
2: larva of a mosquito [syn: wiggler, wriggler] |
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