Definition of: wriggle

(rig′əl) v. ·gled, ·gling v.i.
1. To twist in a sinuous manner; squirm; writhe.
2. To proceed as by twisting or crawling.
3. To make one's way by evasive or indirect means.
—v.t.
4. To cause to wriggle.
—noun The motion of one who or that which wriggles; a squirm. [<MLG wriggeln, freq. of wriggen twist]
—wrig′gly adjective