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riggle

riggle noun: the European lancefish. Also the archaic form of wriggle.

Noun

riggle (plural riggles)

  1. (UK, dialectal) The European lancefish.

Proper noun capitalized: Riggle

Riggle (plural Riggles)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

riggle is also the archaic form of wriggle.

Forms of riggle

Noun
pluralriggles
Verb
third-person singular presentriggles
present participleriggling
past participleriggled
pastriggled
Proper noun
pluralRiggles

Words that rhyme with riggle

Questions about riggle

What does riggle mean?
Riggle means the European lancefish.
What part of speech is riggle?
Riggle can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of riggle?
The plural of riggle is riggles.

Words near riggle in the dictionary

  1. Rigginses
  2. Riggio
  3. Riggios
  4. Riggis
  5. riggish
  6. riggle
  7. riggled
  8. Riggleman
  9. Rigglemans
  10. riggles
  11. riggling

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