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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: wriggle (0.01159 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to wriggle.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: wriggle
berbelit-belit, geliat
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: wriggle
wriggle
v : to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when
struggling);
“The prisoner writhed in discomfort”;
“The
child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace”
[syn:
writhe,
wrestle,
worm,
squirm,
twist]
wriggle
n : the act of wiggling [syn:
wiggle,
squirm]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Wriggle
Wriggle
\Wrig"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Wriggled; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Wriggling.] [Freq. of wrig, probably from OE. wrikken to
move to and fro; cf. LG. wriggeln, D. wrikken, Sw. vricka,
Dan. vrikke.]
To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions,
like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.
[1913 Webster]
Both he and successors would often wriggle in their
seats,
as long as the cushion lasted. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
Wriggle
\Wrig"gle\, v. t.
To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting
and squirming; like a worm.
[1913 Webster]
Covetousness will wriggle itself out at a small hole.
--Fuller.
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Wriggling his body to recover
His seat, and cast his right leg over. --Hudibras.
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Wriggle
\Wrig"gle\, a.
Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible. [Obs.]
“Their wriggle
tails.” --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
Wriggle
\Wrig"gle\, n.
Act of wriggling; a short or quick writhing motion or
contortion.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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