v. i.
Both he and successors would often wriggle in their seats,
as long as the cushion lasted. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm. [ 1913 Webster ]
Covetousness will wriggle itself out at a small hole. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wriggling his body to recover
His seat, and cast his right leg over. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible. [ Obs. ] “Their wriggle tails.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Act of wriggling; a short or quick writhing motion or contortion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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n. One who, or that which, wriggles. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]