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wriggling
UK
/ˈrɪɡlɪŋ/
US
/ˈrɪɡlɪŋ/
UK
/ˈrɪɡ.lɪŋ/
US
/ˈrɪɡ.lɪŋ/
Gerund functioning as an uncountable noun denoting the act or instance of wriggling.
Definitions
After a moment of frantic wriggling, the fish slipped free.
UK
/ˈrɪɡlɪŋ/
US
/ˈrɪɡlɪŋ/
Used attributively as the present participle of ‘wriggle’; tagged more precisely as ADJECTIVE_PRESENT_PARTICIPLE.
Translations
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.
Definitions
The wriggling worm made its way through the soil.
wriggling
Gerund
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.
Definitions
The worm made a wriggle as it moved through the soil.
With a wriggle, the child slipped out of her mother's grasp.
Definitions
The proposal still leaves the company plenty of wriggle room.