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outwriggle

outwriggle verb: to surpass in wriggling.

Verb

outwriggle (third-person singular simple present outwriggles, present participle outwriggling, simple past and past participle outwriggled)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in wriggling.

Forms of outwriggle

third-person singular presentoutwriggles
present participleoutwriggling
past participleoutwriggled
pastoutwriggled

Origin of outwriggle

From out- + wriggle.

Questions about outwriggle

What does outwriggle mean?
Outwriggle means to surpass in wriggling.
What part of speech is outwriggle?
Outwriggle is a verb.
What is the past tense of outwriggle?
The past tense of outwriggle is outwriggled.

Words near outwriggle in the dictionary

  1. outwrestle
  2. outwrestled
  3. outwrestles
  4. outwrestling
  5. outwrests
  6. outwriggle
  7. outwriggled
  8. outwriggles
  9. outwriggling
  10. outwring
  11. outwringing

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