writhe
The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a…The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot
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» Jessica made her girlfriend writhe and moan.
Джессіка змусила свою дівчину звиватися і стогнати. — Ahha
Джессіка змусила свою дівчину звиватися та стогнати. — Ahha
sabretou · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(rare)A contortion.
The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot
Examples
22 sentencesJessica made her girlfriend writhe and moan.
Джессіка змусила свою дівчину звиватися і стогнати. — Ahha
The wounded soldier writhed in pain.
ruРаненый солдат корчился от боли. — xmoffx
He is writhing like a worm.
ruОн извивается как червяк. — xmoffx
The wounded soldier is writhing in pain.
ruРаненый солдат корчится от боли. — xmoffx
Jessica tends to writhe when she orgasms.
Origin
From Middle English writhen, from Old English wrīþan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan, frFrom Middle English writhen, from Old English wrīþan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to weave, twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist, writhe”). Cognate with Middle Dutch writen (“to turn, twist”), dialectal German reiden (“to turn, twist, lace”), Danish vride (“to twist”), Swedish vrida (“to turn, twist, wind”), French rider (“to wrinkle, furrow, ruffle”, (< Germanic)). Compare also Lithuanian riēsti (“to unbend, wind, roll”).
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