wriggling

• Décrit un mouvement de reptation ou de torsion, souvent associé à de petites créatures ou à des mouvements agités.

Describes a twisting, turning, or squirming movement, often associated with small creatures or restless motion.

1. Twisting or squirming movementB1informal

   Moving with short, twisting motions, like a worm or snake.

   Se tortiller

   • The wriggling worm was difficult to hold.
   • She tried to calm the wriggling toddler during the diaper change.
   • A wriggling mass of eels filled the bucket.

   Synonymesslitheringtwistingwrigglywrithing

• Verbe décrivant une action de se tordre ou de bouger le corps par petits mouvements rapides, souvent pour se dégager ou se glisser dans un espace restreint; peut aussi signifier se tortiller pour échapper à quelque chose ou exprimer un malaise.

A verb used to describe the act of twisting or moving the body with small, quick movements, often to escape or fit into a tight space.

1. Twist or squirmB1informal

   To move with small, twisting movements, especially when struggling or trying to get free.

   Se tortiller

   • The child wriggled in her seat during the long car ride.
   • He wriggled out of his jacket and threw it on the chair.
   • The worm wriggled on the pavement after the rain.

   Synonymesslithersquirmtwistwigglewormwrithe

2. Escape or avoidB2informal

   To get out of a difficult situation or avoid responsibility using clever or dishonest methods.

   se dérober, esquiver

   • He tried to wriggle out of paying the fine.
   • She wriggled her way out of the boring meeting.
   • The politician wriggled out of answering the direct question.

   Synonymesdodgeduckevadeshirk

   Antonymesacceptconfrontfaceownshoulder