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wriggle

/ˈrɪgəl/

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verb

wriggles; wriggled; wriggling

[no obj]

to twist from side to side with small quick movements like a worm

The children wriggled and squirmed in their chairs.

She managed to wriggle free of her ropes.

They wriggled out of their wet clothes.

I had trouble getting the wriggling fish off my hook.

always followed by an adverb or preposition :to move forward by twisting and turning

The snake wriggled across the path and went underneath a bush.

He was able to wriggle through the narrow opening.

wriggle out of

[phrasal verb]

wriggle out of (something) informal + often disapproving :to avoid doing (something that you do not want to do) in some clever or dishonest way

She tried to wriggle out of the contract.

Don't let him wriggle out of paying you for your work.