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Meanings of wriggle in English

Catalan
remenada

The act of wiggling.

remenada
Portuguese
estrebuchar
Catalan
trenar
Spanish
retorcer

To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

estrebuchar
Synonyms
Examples for "twist"
Examples for "twist"
1
More recently, the argument has - unsurprisingly - taken an environmental twist.
The Irish Times
2
The fire makes the red rose in his hand glow and twist.
Men, Women and Ghosts
3
A final twist in the tale appears to have taken place since.
The Guardian
4
Just managed twist out of way so it struck tree just behind.
English passengers
5
Politically, the opposition True Finns party is seeking to twist the knife.
The Guardian
1
The region last experienced an attack by the worm three years ago.
The Guardian
2
Pictured is C. elegans, a common worm often used in genetic studies.
Wired
3
These cycles of experience, of course, all stem from that worm-riddled book.
The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft
4
It has often been said that the early bird catches the worm.
The Irish Times
5
This thought-worm has started to come out in the day time too.
The Guardian
1
I can wrestle even better this year than I could last year.
The Guardian
2
He learned to wrestle after he enlisted in the Free State Army.
The new yorker
3
It has come to our attention that you would wish to wrestle.
A singular man
4
We grappled pretty tightly, and in the wrestle the gun went off.
The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 13
5
Sometimes we just need to let the other person wrestle with it.
Introvert power: why your inner life is your hidden strength
1
Monstrous creatures writhe about the crags; the men shoot some of them.
Anglo-Saxon Literature
2
In more ways than one Mrs. Budlong kept Carthage on the writhe.
Mrs. Budlong's Christmas Presents
3
The jests of the foul-mouthed rowdies would make me writhe with disgust.
The Rise of David Levinsky
4
But she began to writhe in such torture that I stood aghast.
Lilith: A Romance
5
His little mistakes in etiquette or address made him writhe with torture.
The Education of Henry Adams
Usage of wriggle in English
1
At this stage, understanding and political wriggle room are in short supply.
The Irish Times
2
How to help: Do not attempt to wriggle out of your responsibilities.
The Irish Times
3
The children wriggle their way deeper under the wreckage, out of sight.
Night of knives
4
They wriggle their way to a preordained position on a nine-by-nine grid.
Number9Dream
5
Eels died before they were able to wriggle out of the water.
The Irish Times
6
There is now no wriggle room for media organisations to block this.
The Guardian
7
Look, wife, that one, who wriggles but can only wriggle so far?
Vlad. The Last Confession
8
Randy himself thrashed wildly in his mother's arms, trying to wriggle free.
The god project
9
That made Bat grunt and grumble and wriggle; and finally uncover, too.
Pluck on the Long Trail; Or, Boy Scouts in the Rockies
10
This time he would not be able to wriggle off the hook.
Depths
11
I wriggle my hands in their binds, but I can't free them.
The Lying Game
12
But it left them with very little wriggle room in the group.
The Guardian
13
The opening was narrow, but Tim thought he could wriggle through it.
Jurassic Park
14
He lifted his body and let the girl wriggle from under him.
A beautiful place to die
15
Then a twist and a wriggle, and he was on his way.
Neverwhere
16
The four of them stood, leaving Geneviève to wriggle on the floor.
Anno Dracula
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Translations for wriggle
Wriggle through the time
Wriggle across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common