wriggle

wriggle
1. intransitive verb
1) sich winden; [Fisch:] zappeln
2) (make one's/its way by wriggling) sich schlängeln

wriggle out of a difficulty — etc. (fig.) sich aus einer schwierigen Situation usw. herauswinden

2. transitive verb

wriggle one's way — (lit. or fig.) sich schlängeln

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['riɡl] 1. verb
(to twist to and fro: The child kept wriggling in his seat; How are you going to wriggle out of this awkward situation?) zappeln, sich winden
2. noun
(a wriggling movement.) die Windung
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wrig·gle
[ˈrɪgl̩]
I. vi
1. (twist and turn) sich akk winden
to \wriggle free [of sth] sich akk [aus etw dat] herauswinden, sich akk [von etw dat] befreien
2. (move)
to \wriggle somewhere sich akk irgendwohin schlängeln, irgendwohin kriechen
to \wriggle through sth sich akk durch etw akk hindurchwinden
3.
to \wriggle off the hook (fam) sich akk herausreden fam
to \wriggle out of doing sth (fam) sich akk davor drücken, etw zu tun fam
II. vt
she \wriggled her shoulders against the cushions sie grub die Schultern in die Kissen
to \wriggle one's toes in the sand die Zehen in den Sand graben
III. n usu sing Schlängeln nt, Winden nt kein pl
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['rɪgl]
1. n
Schlängeln nt no pl; (of child, fish) Zappeln nt no pl

to give a wriggle (worm, snake, eel) — sich schlängeln; (fish) sich winden, zappeln

2. vt
toes, ears wackeln mit

to wriggle one's way through sth — sich durch etw (hin)durchwinden or -schlängeln

3. vi
(worm, snake, eel) sich schlängeln; (fish) sich winden, zappeln; (person) (restlessly, excitedly) zappeln; (in embarrassment) sich winden

to wriggle along/down — sich vorwärtsschlängeln/nach unten schlängeln

the fish wriggled off the hook — der Fisch wand sich vom Haken

she managed to wriggle free — es gelang ihr, sich loszuwinden

he wriggled through the hole in the hedge — er wand or schlängelte sich durch das Loch in der Hecke

do stop wriggling about — hör endlich mit der Zappelei auf

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wriggle [ˈrıɡl]
A v/i
1. sich winden (auch fig verlegen oder listig), sich schlängeln, ZOOL auch sich ringeln:
wriggle along sich dahinschlängeln;
wriggle out sich herauswinden (of sth aus einer Sache) (a. fig);
wriggle into fig sich einschleichen in (akk)
2. sich unruhig oder nervös hin und her bewegen, zappeln
B v/t
1. wiggle B 1
2. schlängeln, winden, ringeln:
wriggle o.s. (along, through) sich (entlang-, hindurch)winden;
wriggle o.s. into fig sich einschleichen in (akk);
wriggle o.s. out of sich herauswinden aus
C s
1. Windung f, Krümmung f
2. schlängelnde Bewegung, Schlängeln n, Ringeln n
3. Zappeln n
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1. intransitive verb
1) sich winden; [Fisch:] zappeln
2) (make one's/its way by wriggling) sich schlängeln

wriggle out of a difficulty — etc. (fig.) sich aus einer schwierigen Situation usw. herauswinden

2. transitive verb

wriggle one's way — (lit. or fig.) sich schlängeln

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v.
schlängeln v.
winden v.
(§ p.,pp.: wand, gewunden)

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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