Definition

Adjective: - Moving with a twisting, sinuous, or writhing motion, similar to that of a snake or worm.

Usage

• Used to describe the twisting, turning, or squirming movement of a creature or object.
• Often implies a sinuous, agile, or restless motion.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• Descriptive Use: Can be used figuratively to describe something that is not physically moving but evokes a similar sense of sinuous, restless, or difficult-to-pin-down quality.
  • He tried to follow the wriggling line of the author's complex argument.

Variants and Related Words

• Wriggle (verb): To twist and turn the body with quick, short movements.
  • The fish will wriggle on the dock.
• Wriggly (adjective): Tending to wriggle; having a wriggling nature.
  • The wriggly puppy was hard to hold.

Synonyms

• Writhing: Making continual twisting, squirming movements, often due to pain or discomfort.
• Squirming: Moving with wriggling motions, often from discomfort or to get free.
• Twisting: Moving in a spiral or turning path.

Antonyms

• Motionless: Not moving; still.
• Rigid: Stiff and unable to bend or move easily.

Adjective

1. moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion
   • wiggly worms