wriggle

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
2. (transitive) To cause something to wriggle.
3. (intransitive) To use crooked or devious means.

Noun

A wriggling movement.

Conceptes

trenar

retorçar

torçar

serpejar

remenada

cargolar-se

retòrcer

tòrcer

serpentejar

Sinònims

squirm

writhe

twist

wiggle

struggle

slither

worm

🪱

move

meander

coil

wrestle

fidget

twist and turn

bend

crawl

wring

wag

shake

🫨

curve

flutter

roll

slip

stir

twiddle

wind

wobble

kick about

toss about

shimmy

shirk

slide

move back and forth

glide

snake

🐍

spiral

flourish

become crooked

flounder

throw oneself about

tremble

turn

tweak

circumvolute

twirl

flit

twitch

elude

waggle

curl

buzz about

Traduccions

se tortiller

retorcer

serpentear

sich winden

στριφογυρίζω

schlängeln

🐍

contorcersi

frétiller

remuer

تلوى

σπαρταρώ

σέρνομαι

καμπή

κουλούριασμα

sich schlängeln

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɹɪɡəl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb neerlandès: wriggelen

Cognat amb baix alemany: wriggeln

Cognat amb anglès antic: wrigian

In summary

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”).