wriggling

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \ˈri-gəl\
- /ˈrɪɡ.l̩.ɪŋ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \ˈri-gəl\

Definitions of wriggling word

noun wriggling Present participle of wriggle. 1
noun wriggling The act of one who wriggles. 0

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Parts of speech for Wriggling

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adverb

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preposition

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wriggling popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for wriggling

adjective wriggling

creeping — (of a plant) having a stem that grows horizontally along the ground and throws out roots at intervals
worming — Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
on all fours — all four limbs or extremities; the four legs or feet of an animal or both arms and both legs or both hands and both feet of a person: The cat rolled off the ledge but landed on all fours.
inching — a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.

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