WRIGGLE
—verb. (-ling) 1 (of a worm etc.) Twist or turn its body with short writhing movements. 2 make wriggling motions. 3 (foll. By along, through, etc.) Go thus (wriggled through the gap). 4 be evasive. —none. Act of wriggling. ? wriggle out of colloq. Avoid on a pretext. ? wriggly adjective. [low german wriggelen]