wriggle as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
wriggle
noun
1 wriggle
verb
1 wriggle
To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling):
— The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace.
synonyms: squirm, twist, worm, wrestle, writhe.
Roget 314:
oscillate;
vibrate,
librate†;
alternate,
undulate,
wave;
rock,
swing;
pulsate,
beat;
wag,
waggle;
nod,
bob,
courtesy,
curtsy;
tick;
play;
wamble†,
wabble†;
dangle,
swag.
fluctuate,
dance,
curvet,
reel,
quake;
quiver,
quaver;
shake,
flicker;
wriggle;
roll,
toss,
pitch;
flounder,
stagger,
totter;
move up and down,
bob up and down
etc.
adv.;
pass and repass,
ebb and flow,
come and go;
vacillate
etc.
605;
teeter [U.S.].
brandish,
shake,
flourish.
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Roget 315:
be agitated
&c.;
shake;
tremble,
tremble like an aspen leaf;
quiver,
quaver,
quake,
shiver,
twitter,
twire†,
writhe,
toss,
shuffle,
tumble,
stagger,
bob,
reel,
sway,
wag,
waggle;
wriggle,
wriggle like an eel;
dance,
stumble,
shamble,
flounder,
totter,
flounce,
flop,
curvet,
prance,
cavort [U.S.];
squirm.
throb,
pulsate,
beat,
palpitate,
go pitapat;
flutter,
flitter,
flicker,
bicker;
bustle.
ferment,
effervesce,
foam;
boil,
boil over;
bubble up;
simmer.
toss about,
jump about;
jump like a parched pea;
shake like an aspen leaf;
shake to its center,
shake to its foundations;
be the sport of the winds and waves;
reel to and fro like a drunken man;
move from post to pillar and from pillar to move from post to pillar and from pillar to post,
drive from post to pillar and from pillar to drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post,
keep between hawk and buzzard.
agitate,
shake,
convulse,
toss,
tumble,
bandy,
wield,
brandish,
flap,
flourish,
whisk,
jerk,
hitch,
jolt;
jog,
joggle,
jostle,
buffet,
hustle,
disturb,
stir,
shake up,
churn,
jounce,
wallop,
whip,
vellicate†.
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Dutch: spartelen, vervormen, draaien, kronkelen, ontwijken, wiebelen, wriemelen, wringen
Moby thesaurus: fidget, flip out, flow, flutter, freak out on, get high on, glide, glow, go pitapat, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave, jerk, ooze, palpitate, pant, quake, quaver, quiver, shake, shiver, slide, slip, squiggle, squirm, swell, swell with emotion, thrill, thrill to, throb, tingle, tingle with excitement, toss, toss and turn, tremble, tumble, turn on to, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, wag, waggle, wiggle, worm, writhe ... show more.
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