Definitions
the act of wiggling
Word origin
From wrig + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch wriggelen (“to wriggle, squirm”), Low German wriggeln (“to wriggle”). Related to Old English wrigian (“to turn, wend, hie, go move”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”).
Used in a sentence
“Teachers often lose their patience when children wriggle in their seats.”
“Both he and successors would often wriggle in their seats, as long as the cushion lasted.”
“I tried to ease my grip, but my hands were sweating so profusely that the lizards began to wriggle out of them.”
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01“Squirm”7 letters
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