Defn: To wriggle. [Obs.] Skelton.
WRIGGLE
Wrig"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wriggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wriggling.]
Etym: [Freq. of wrig, probably from OE. wrikken to move to and fro;
cf. LG. wriggeln, D. wrikken, Sw. vricka, Dan. vrikke.]
Defn: 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. Swift.
WRIGGLE
Wrig"gle, v. t.
Defn: To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and
squirming; like a worm.
Covetousness will wriggle itself out at a small hole. Fuller.
Wriggling his body to recover His seat, and cast his right leg over.
Hudibras.
WRIGGLE
Wrig"gle, a.
Defn: Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible. [Obs.] "Their wriggle tails." Spenser.
WRIGGLER
Wrig"gler, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, wriggles. Cowper.
WRIGHT Wright, n. Etym: [OE. wrighte, writhe, AS. wyrtha, fr. wyrcean to work. sq. root145. See Work.]