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writhings

writhings is the plural of writhing.

Meaning of writhing

Noun

writhing (plural writhings)

  1. A twisting struggle.
    • But a video, taken from above, projects these writhings as if she were flying at top speed in a tunnel above traffic that’s whooshing past in the opposite direction.2007 July 27, Alastair Macaulay, “I May Be Writhing on the Floor, but on Screen I’m Soaring Like Superman”, in New York Times

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Questions about writhings

What is writhings the plural of?
Writhings is the plural of writhing.

Words near writhings in the dictionary

  1. writher
  2. writhers
  3. writhes
  4. writhing
  5. writhingly
  6. writhings
  7. writhle
  8. writhled
  9. Writhlington
  10. writhy
  11. writin'

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