wriggling

3 definitions • 4 examples

present participle of

to twist your body, or move part of your body, with small, quick movements:

A large worm wriggled in the freshly dug earth.

Baby Martha was wriggling her toes in the sand.

to move somewhere using short, quick twisting movements:

The tunnel was low and dark, but she managed to wriggle through to the other side.

After twisting and turning for a while, he managed to wriggle free.