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wriggling

wriggling is the present participle and gerund of wriggle.

Meaning of wriggle

Verb

wriggle (third-person singular simple present wriggles, present participle wriggling, simple past and past participle wriggled)

  1. (intransitive) To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
    • Teachers often lose their patience when children wriggle in their seats.
    Synonyms:
    wiggle
  2. (transitive) To cause something to wriggle.
    • He was sitting on the lawn, wriggling his toes in the grass.
    Synonyms:
    wiggle
  3. (intransitive) To use crooked or devious means.

See all 4 meanings of wriggle

Noun

wriggling (plural wrigglings)

  1. The act of one who wriggles.
    • The child's constant wrigglings made her difficult to hold.
    • "H#Y," the wriggling lump of flesh burbles, "*G$tHIsy26/whY&22f*gD$$BXtr1p^%3?"2003, Urobuchi Gen, The Song of Saya

Forms of wriggling

pluralwrigglings

Phrases with wriggling

Questions about wriggling

What does wriggling mean?
Wriggling means the act of one who wriggles.
What is wriggling the present participle and gerund of?
Wriggling is the present participle and gerund of wriggle.
What part of speech is wriggling?
Wriggling is a noun.
What is the plural of wriggling?
The plural of wriggling is wrigglings.

Words near wriggling in the dictionary

  1. Wrigglesworth
  2. Wrigglesworths
  3. wrigglier
  4. wriggliest
  5. wriggliness
  6. wriggling
  7. wriggling out of
  8. wrigglingly
  9. wrigglings
  10. wriggly
  11. wright

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