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wriggle

/ˈrɪɡ(ə)l/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈrɪɡ(ə)l/
wriggle
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

wrig - gle -> wriggle

Myanmar meaning

ဆပ်ခနဲ ဆပ်ခနဲ ကိုယ်ကို လူးလွန့်သည်။ ၎င်းလှုပ်ရှားမှုမျိုး ပြုလုပ်သည်။ ယင်းသို့သွားသည်။ ထိုးဖောက်ဝင်ရောက်သည်။ လူးလွန့်၍ သွားခြင်း။

Full entry

wriggle /'rÇgl/ v

(က) တွန့်လိမ်(လှုပ်ရှား)သည်။ Stop wriggling (about) and sit still! ❍ The baby was wriggling its toes.
(ခ) လူ လွးန့်တိုးထွက်သည်။ The thieves left her tied up but she wriggled (her arms/ herself) free. ❍ The fish wriggled out of my fingers. ❍ They managed to wriggle (their way) through the thick hedge.
n (usu sing ) တွန့်လိမ်ခြင်း။ လူးလွန့်ခြင်း။
❏ wriggle out of sth/ doing sth [PHRV ] (infml ) (လုပ်ရမည်ကို) ရှောင်တိမ်းသည်။ It's your turn to make the beds — don't try to wriggle out of it. ❍ The Minister managed to wriggle out of answering the question.

More examples
  • ‘Minutes later, she started to struggle again, pushing and pulling her arm, twisting and wriggling to try to get away.’
  • ‘Local ghillie David Dinsmore took a small party of Scouts to Addergoole river last Saturday, where all were surprised by the variety of tiny fish life that crawl, swim or wriggle on the river bed.’
  • ‘Sioni kicked and wriggled, but couldn't break free, much to other two's amusement.’
  • ‘She switched him back to the stroller, and a strange thing happened… Zack would writhe around in the stroller, wriggling and crying, until his mother picked him up.’
  • ‘We peer down at the tiny worm wriggling under the lens of our microscope.’
  • ‘She squirmed, writhed, and wriggled, trying to evade the grip of those carrying her.’
  • ‘I'd have to gingerly scoop up the worm (still wriggling, for he didn't kill them) and I'd throw it out the front door onto the little patch of lawn there.’
  • ‘She squirmed above him, wriggling like a fish on a hook.’
  • ‘Ivory screamed as she wriggled and twisted, trying in vain to get away.’
  • ‘The baby wriggled, all limbs kicking and waving happily.’
  • ‘Difficult to describe, the film contains a host of shifting shapes, such as dots and circles that wriggle and twist, as well as a recurring totem figure that is the most concrete element of the film.’
  • ‘They dropped to the floor and began twitching and wriggling slightly.’
  • ‘They had sliced the worm in two and the worm was still wriggling.’
  • ‘She's wriggling and twisting on the bed all the time.’
  • ‘Particularly ‘ticklish’ individuals wriggle and writhe in apparent agony, as well as laughing hysterically, when being tickled.’
  • ‘Sure enough, Fishy tugged the rod back and clicked the button and a shiny fish wriggled directly in front of Lazarus' nose.’
  • ‘Rowena had been scratching the puppy's tummy; she looked up at Terese but wasn't aware she had stopped moving until the puppy began to wriggle impatiently.’
  • ‘A little later, on the green, Dawa is carefully trying to remove a worm that's wriggling in his line.’
  • ‘The twins kicked and wriggled under his arms but couldn't get out of his powerful hold.’
  • ‘I could hardly keep still, squirming and wriggling all the time.’
Synonyms
move about, wiggle, writhe, squirm, twist, fidget, convulse, crawl, dodge, extricate oneself, glide, jerk, jiggle, ooze, skew, slink, slip, snake, sneak, turn, twitch, wag, waggle, worm, zigzag
Cross references
move aboutwigglewrithesquirmtwistfidgetconvulsecrawldodgeextricate oneselfglidejerkjiggleoozeskewslinkslipsnakesneakturntwitchwagwagglewormzigzagandbabybut
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