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Definition of wriggle noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wriggle

noun
 
/ˈrɪɡl/
 
/ˈrɪɡl/
[usually singular]
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  1. an act of wriggling
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Middle Low German wriggelen, frequentative of wriggen ‘twist, turn’.
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