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1
to make jerky or restless movements
- a toddler wriggling in his seat all throughout the church service
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3
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way
- within a month of his arrival, this social upstart had wriggled himself into the family's good graces
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“Wriggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wriggle. Accessed 25 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of wriggle was in the 15th century
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