Wriggle
Wriggle , intransitive verb
[Freq. of wrig, probably from Old English wrikken to move to and fro; compare LG. wriggeln, Dutch wrikken, Swedish vricka, Danish 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.
Wriggle , transitive verb
To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.
Covetousness will wriggle itself out at a small hole.
Wriggling his body to recover
His seat, and cast his right leg over.
Wriggle , adjective
Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible. [Obsolete]
Their wriggle tails.
Wriggle , noun
Act of wriggling; a short or quick writhing motion or contortion.