He will wriggle out of the fix.
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Wriggle
//ˈɹɪɡəl//
Synonyms for "wriggle" (63 found)
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Related words (31)
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Translations
57 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- гърча се verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- извивам verb (to make or cause to wriggle)
- извивам се verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- усуквам verb (to make or cause to wriggle)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 蠕動 /蠕动 verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- 蠢動 /蠢动 verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
Dutch
2 entries- wiebelen verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- wiebelen verb (to make or cause to wriggle)
Esperanto
1 entries- barakti verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
Finnish
3 entries- kiemurtelu noun (wriggling movement)
- kiemurrella verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- kiemurteluttaa verb (to make or cause to wriggle)
French
2 entries- remuer verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- se tortiller verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
German
3 entries- sich schlängeln verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- sich winden verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- zappeln verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
Greek
1 entries- στριφογυρίζω verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
Hungarian
4 entries- csavargat verb (to make or cause to wriggle)
- fészkelődik verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- izeg-mozog verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- mozgat verb (to make or cause to wriggle)
Irish
1 entries- bí ag lúbarnaíl verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
Italian
2 entries- contorsione noun (wriggling movement)
- contorcersi verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
Japanese
2 entries- うごめく verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- のたくる verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡳᠪᡠᡵᡧᠠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
Māori
4 entries- hīkaikai verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- kareu verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- korikori verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- koropeka verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بالقلامق verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
Portuguese
2 entries- contorcer verb (to make or cause to wriggle)
- contorcer-se verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
Russian
1 entries- извива́ться verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- meškoljiti verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- migoljiti verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- мешкољити verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- мигољити verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
Spanish
2 entries- retorcerse verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- serpentear verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
Swedish
3 entries- slingra verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- vicka verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
- vifta verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
Tamil
1 entries- நெளி verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
Tày
1 entries- bả verb (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Wriggle your toes.
Source: tatoeba (2254925)
I'll try to wriggle out of it if I can.
Source: tatoeba (3213729)
Seals have small flippers, wriggle on their bellies on land and lack visible ear flaps.
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