wriggles
Moves like worms
Wriggles is the third-person singular of wriggle—to twist and turn with short, quick movements like a worm or an uncomfortable child: The puppy wriggles when you try to hold it.
To wriggle out of something is to escape through evasion: He always wriggles out of doing the dishes.
squirm
Twist from discomfort
slither · undulate · jiggle · shimmy · fidget · twitch · thrash · flail · squiggle · worm
elude
Skillfully avoid capture
dodge · maneuver · sidestep · deflect · worm out · loose · weasel · circumvent · avoid
wrigglesfreezes
Hardens from cold
stillness · stays put · immobility · sits still · stands still
wrigglesstiffens
Becomes less pliable
stands at attention · braces · straightens · petrifies · solidifies
- wriggles out of
- wriggle outEscape by twisting
- wriggled out ofEscaped by evasive movement
- wriggling out ofAvoiding by cunning
- get a wriggle onBritish: move faster
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