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To twist and turn with quick writhing movements
“The younger children began to fret and wriggle in their seats.”
To move by crawling or slithering
“It took them several minutes to wriggle under the coiled wire around the house.”
To insert or introduce, especially stealthily, skillfully, or with effort
“It is so steep now that he must push his sled forward and then tip it sideways and wriggle it into the snow to keep it from sliding back.”
To avoid (something) by devious means
“He'd expected Davies to be the one to have cold feet, to try to wriggle out of his part.”
To move in a twisting or spiraling pattern
A wriggling movement
“They do so with minimal effort, with an occasional wriggle of a flank and a sideways motion of a tail.”
A nervous wriggling or twitching motion
A shaking or quivering movement
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