The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Both he and successors would often wriggle in their
seats,
as long as the cushion lasted.
--Swift.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: wriggle)
Usage examples of "wriggled".
Fassa gasped for breath, brought up a knee into the brute's crotch, and wriggled free in one movement.
The safety valve hissed at him but held the door still while he wriggled through the narrow gap.
She tapped out the security code on the small comp, wriggled into the crate, and pulled the lid down over her, hearing the whirr as the cover locked itself again.
Arm in arm, he and Kelly wriggled through the crowd to the dance floor.
She wriggled again and things that were part of 'her' floated up from beneath her.
Then he kicked and wriggled vigorously, sinking deeper into the bubbling glop with each movement.
Blaize stretched and wriggled luxuriously and grinned up at them through mud-spattered cheeks.
She wriggled a bit to get some space and shoved her hand into his coverall to feel the sexily smooth skin she had admired during his illness.
She despised the colonists for being so enthusiastic about the ghastly empty wasteland of a world, with its noisy wildlife and the thousands of things that crawled, wriggled, or flew.
The old queen snorted once, wriggled her shoulders, let her tail fall down on the sand, and exhaled noisily into a snore.
The hot water was stimulating, and he felt much better as he pulled on trousers and wriggled his arms into the clean shirt.
The boy wriggled in his chair, uncomfortable and not certain what to do or how to act.
He unlaced his boots, wriggled out of his trousers, whipped off his shirt and raced for the water.
Corana wriggled to get free, as unprepared for this mood in him as he was.
She wriggled through the thick, flowering vines and disappeared from sight.