wriggles

verb

Definition of wrigglesnext
present tense third-person singular of wriggle
1
as in squirms
to make jerky or restless movements a toddler wriggling in his seat all throughout the church service

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2
as in crawls
to move slowly with the body close to the ground a worm slowly wriggled across the sidewalk

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3
as in worms
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way within a month of his arrival, this social upstart had wriggled himself into the family's good graces

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  1. tosses
  2. sneaks
  3. slips
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  • The construction of jokes is cheap and simplistic, ranging from a bitter partygoer who tosses her drink on Ben to the sloshed tertiary character who goes full frontal in service of a gross-out gag.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Especially because this recipe tosses the pieces in butter and there's apples in there.
    Bon Appétit, Bon Appétit, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of tosses
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  • Lee Jung-jae returns as Seong Gi-hun and is joined by Lee Byung-hun, who plays Front Man, the game’s leader; Wi Ha-jun, who plays Hwang Jun-ho, a detective who sneaks into the game in search of his brother; and Gong Yoo, who plays the Recruiter, who initially invited Gi-hun to play the game.
    Peter White, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Along the way, Chelsea sneaks into a castle, teaches a stubborn prince how to dance, and looks to be in the perfect place when the bells toll Christmas Eve.
    EW.com, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of sneaks
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  • Posen slips a pincushion onto his forearm.
    Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Iran’s footprint fades into near-irrelevance, and Russia’s once-firm hand slips into strategic ambiguity.
    Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of slips
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