wriggle
To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motionsTo twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
» Wriggle your toes.
Пошевелите пальцами ног.
Пошевели пальцами ног.
Поворуши пальцями ніг.
Meaning
3 senses(intransitive)To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
Teachers often lose their patience when children wriggle in their seats.
sich winden, sich schlängeln, zappeln
извива́тьсяizvivátʹsja
(transitive)To cause something to wriggle.
He was sitting on the lawn, wriggling his toes in the grass.
(intransitive)To use crooked or devious means.
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
Examples
29 sentencesWriggle your toes.
Поворуши пальцями ніг. — deniko
ruПошевелите пальцами ног. — Wezel
Tom wriggled his toes.
deTom streckte seine Zehen aus. — pullnosemans
Get a wriggle on.
Хутчіш. — deniko
The room was full of bugs, millions of small, wriggling bugs with lots of legs.
Кімната була наповнена комахами, мільйонами дрібних багатолапкових комах, що звивалися. — ChickenKiev
The worm wriggles.
Хробак звивається. — deniko
ruЧервяк извивается. — V_Zmoova
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From wrig + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch wriggelen (“to wriggle, squirm”), LoFrom 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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Forms
wriggles, wriggling, wriggled, wriggledSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle