wraggled
wraggled is the simple past and past participle of wraggle.
Meaning of wraggle
Verb (1)
wraggle (third-person singular simple present wraggles, present participle wraggling, simple past and past participle wraggled)
- To wag about with a wiggling motion.
- I going, he followed, and following fingered me, just as your worship does now; but I struggled and straggled, and wriggled and wraggled, and at last cried vale, valete, as I do now, with this fragment Of a rhyme,1885, Thomas Middleton, Arthur Henry Bullen, The Works of Thomas Middleton
Verb (2)
wraggle (third-person singular simple present wraggles, present participle wraggling, simple past and past participle wraggled)
- To noisily try to convince others.
- "The crisis of Olympia's destiny will come and pass," Stevens fretted, "and the die be cast against her while her people are wraggling over... 'bonds.'"2002, Robert E. Ficken, Washington Territory, page 113
- To pester.
- They represent the first record of Fur Seals in this area and it is intented that meteorological and hydrological conditions in the Tasman Sea during austral winter have wraggled to the north young Fur Seals from probably south-australian populations.1936, Mammalia: - Volume 39, page 504
Adjective
wraggled (comparative more wraggled, superlative most wraggled)
- Worn and ragged.
- ...his long legs were partially covered with corduroy trowsers, the bottoms of which were wraggled by wear and tear, and on the knees of which were two broad patches of new stuff differing in color from the original;1863, William Palmer, Recollections of a Visit to Great Britain and Ireland in the Summer of 1862, page 79
- On examining the under side of the lid carefully with a glass at the time, I could make out two or three holes or places where the silk lining of the lid was raised and wraggled, irregularly placed towards the centre of the lid, as if they were the marks of the hooks of the spider's claws, but not...1876, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, page 246
Forms of wraggled
| comparative | more wraggled |
|---|---|
| superlative | most wraggled |
Questions about wraggled
- What does wraggled mean?
- Wraggled means worn and ragged.
- What is wraggled the simple past and past participle of?
- Wraggled is the simple past and past participle of wraggle.
- What part of speech is wraggled?
- Wraggled is an adjective.
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