(v. i.) To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.
(v. t.) To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.
(a.) Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.
Example Sentences:
(1) Welbeck's goal drought came to an end when Rafael da Silva wriggled clear on the right and managed to dig out a deep cross that the unmarked Adnan Januzaj, whom Moyes felt came in for some rough treatment, headed against the far post.
(2) A new text, seen by the Guardian, was introduced at midnight and went some way to easing the fears of developing countries that rich countries could wriggle out of their obligations.
(3) A rebellion against Wall Street efforts to wriggle free from recent banking reforms picked up momentum in Congress on Thursday as House Democrats dramatically withdrew support for passage of the US budget in a knife-edge procedural vote.
(4) Obama did not commit America to any new action, giving them additional wriggle room to frame climate legislation with a strong chance of being passed in the Senate.
(5) The Milan goalkeeper then forced away Xavi's shot after Iniesta had wriggled free with some maddeningly good footwork.
(6) Chances were scarce for them but the substitute Gervinho almost wriggled through from Cazorla's pass while Giroud missed a pass to the Spaniard.
(7) The latter had collected Stephen Ireland’s pass beyond Palace’s back-line and wriggled round Wayne Hennessey, the open goal gaping, only to sky his finish horribly over the bar.
(8) The ECHR does need reform, which is why Labour has called for Strasbourg to do more to improve the quality of its judges and apply the ‘margin of appreciation’, giving member states the wriggle room to interpret decisions appropriately.” Landmark human rights judgments • Ireland v UK.
(9) 14 min: Zabaleta gets on the end of a beautifully angled David Silva pass on the right-hand side of the Dortmund penalty area and tries to shimmy and wriggle his way towards goal from the goal-line.
(10) We endlessly said council finances had wriggle-room.
(11) The Belgian held off Ciaran Clark to wriggle infield and spit a shot which flew through Brad Guzan’s legs at the near post.
(12) The lack of specifics in Shorten’s position has given factional powerbrokers on both sides of the argument wriggle room to both advance and thwart the cause of party reform at the July conference.
(13) He twists and turns, but can't wriggle clear to make space for the shot and Chelsea hack it clear.
(14) Zusi wriggles around the box and cuts the ball back but Houston's massed defense again blocks.
(15) Turner suggested there could be a fresh wave of repossessions in the US in coming months, as banks that have wriggled free of the government's bail-out tighten the screws on borrowers.
(16) Frankly he should stop making excuses and wriggling.
(17) To elucidate the ataxic mechanism of Wriggle mouse Sagami (WMS), a behavioural pharmacological investigation was carried out by open-field study.
(18) Savvas Neophytou of Panmure Gordon reckons there is wriggle room for Pfizer to bid more (because it has technically made a proposal, not a final offer.
(19) Indeed it was Republicans, not Democrats, who made history when it came to gender Tuesday It was a similar story in Colorado, where Gardner wriggled free from Democratic attempts to paint him as an extremist .
(20) Once in, however, managing to wriggle out again without knocking your head on the ceiling would be quite a feat.