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wriggle
UK
/ˈrɪɡl/
US
/ˈrɪɡəl/
wriggles
pl
UK
/ˈrɪɡl̩/
US
/ˈrɪɡəl/
Translations
The worm's wriggle was fascinating to watch.
Извивание червя было увлекательным для наблюдения.
The wriggle of the river made the landscape more picturesque.
Изгиб реки делал пейзаж более живописным.
Additional translations
Definitions
The worm made a wriggle as it moved through the soil.
With a wriggle, the child slipped out of her mother's grasp.
wriggled
Past Simple
wriggled
Past Participle
wriggling
Gerund
UK
/ˈrɪɡl/
US
/ˈrɪɡəl/
Translations
The worm began to wriggle in the soil.
Червь начал извиваться в почве.
He tried to wriggle out of the difficult situation.
Он пытался выкручиваться из сложной ситуации.
Additional translations
Definitions
The fish wriggled out of the fisherman's hands and fell back into the water.
The child wriggled through the narrow gap in the fence.
He managed to wriggle out of doing the chores by pretending to be busy with homework.
UK
/ˈrɪɡl/
US
/ˈrɪɡəl/
Used attributively before a noun (e.g., “wriggle room”) to denote flexibility or scope for manoeuvre.
Definitions
The proposal still leaves the company plenty of wriggle room.