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wriggling
UK
/ˈrɪɡlɪŋ/
US
/ˈrɪɡlɪŋ/
Translations
UK
/ˈrɪɡ.lɪŋ/
US
/ˈrɪɡ.lɪŋ/
Gerund functioning as an uncountable noun denoting the act or instance of wriggling.
UK
/ˈrɪɡlɪŋ/
US
/ˈrɪɡlɪŋ/
Used attributively as the present participle of ‘wriggle’; tagged more precisely as ADJECTIVE_PRESENT_PARTICIPLE.
The wriggling worm was difficult to catch.
Извивающегося червя было трудно поймать.
The child was wriggling in his seat during the long car ride.
Ребенок корчился на своем месте во время долгой поездки на машине.
wriggling
Gerund
wriggled
Past Simple
wriggled
Past Participle
wriggling
Gerund
UK
/ˈrɪɡl/
US
/ˈrɪɡəl/
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
After a moment of frantic wriggling, the fish slipped free.
The wriggling worm made its way through the soil.
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.