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Writhing

adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Bended in twisting struggle. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A twisting struggle.

    "But a video, taken from above, projects these writhings as if she were flying at top speed in a tunnel above traffic that’s whooshing past in the opposite direction."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of writhe form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English writhyng; equivalent to writhe + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English writhyng; equivalent to writhe + -ing.

Etymology 3

From Middle English writhyng; equivalent to writhe + -ing.

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