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wrig.

To wriggle.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɹɪɡ/
  1. To wriggle.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English wriggen. Cognate with Low German wriggeln (“to wriggle”), German Low German wriggen (“to shake, shudder, rotate”), Dutch wrikken and wriggelen (“to wriggle, squirm”), Middle English wrikken (“to move back and forth”). Compare also Old English wrigian (“to turn, wend, hie, go, move”).

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