wriggle

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

serpentear

retorcer

culebrear

menear

menearse

meneo

pisotear

retorcerse

serpear

torcer

zigzaguear

Sinónimos

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

twist about

creep

wreathe

corkscrew

convulse

churn

zigzag

buzz around

move about

move slowly

spuirm

brandish

joggle

jiggle

hang on

revolt

rock

🪨

crawl like a worm

roll around

agitated

Traducciones

schlängeln

🐍

frétiller

wiebelen

zappeln

winden

remuer

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɹɪɡəl/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con neerlandés: wriggelen

Cognado con bajo alemán: wriggeln

Cognado con inglés antiguo: 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”).