wriggle
31wriggle out of — PHRASAL VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone has wriggled out of doing something, you disapprove of the fact that they have managed to avoid doing it, although they should have done it. [V P P n/ ing] The Government has tried to wriggle out …
32wriggle out of — avoid by devious means. → wriggle …
33wriggle — Synonyms and related words: fidget, flip out, flow, flutter, freak out on, get high on, glide, glow, go pitapat, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave, jerk, ooze, palpitate, pant, quake, quaver, quiver, shake, shiver, slide, slip, squiggle,… …
34wriggle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. wiggle, shake, squirm, writhe, shimmy. See agitation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. squirm, convulse, wiggle; see twitch 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. wiggle, squirm, jiggle, waggle, worm, twist,… …
35wriggle — see WRY …
36wriggle — wiggler …
37wriggle — v. n. Squirm, writhe …
38wriggle — verb 1) she tried to hug him but he wriggled Syn: squirm, writhe, wiggle, jiggle, jerk, thresh, flounder, flail, twitch, twist and turn; snake, worm, slither 2) he wriggled out of his responsibilities …
39wriggle — v 1. squirm, writhe, wiggle, twist and turn, Inf. have ants in one s pants. 2. worm, snake, slink …
40wriggle — wrig·gle …