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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curl, spin |
| Synonyms: | coil, contort, corkscrew, encircle, entwine, intertwine, rick, screw, spiral, sprain, squirm, swivel, turn, turn around, twine, twirl, warp, weave, wiggle, wind, wrap, wrap around, wreathe, wrench, wriggle, wring, writhe, zigzag |
| Antonyms: | straighten, uncurl, untwist |
| Main Entry: | waggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shake |
| Synonyms: | bobble, flourish, flutter, jerk, jiggle, joggle, quiver, twitch, wag, wave, wiggle |
| Main Entry: | wangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | finagle |
| Synonyms: | contrive, engineer, extricate, fake, falsify, juggle, maneuver, manipulate, obtain, wiggle, worm, wriggle |
| Notes: | to wangle means to gain by trickery; to wrangle means to argue or debate something angrily |
| Main Entry: | squiggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curl |
| Synonyms: | squirm, twist, wiggle, wriggle, writhe |
| Main Entry: | wobble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stagger, quake |
| Synonyms: | be unsteady, careen, falter, flounder, lurch, oscillate, quiver, reel, rock, roll, seesaw, shake, shimmy, stumble, sway, swing, teeter, totter, tremble, vacillate, vibrate, waver, weave, wiggle |
| Main Entry: | writhe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contort; toss back and forth |
| Synonyms: | agonize, bend, distort, jerk, recoil, squirm, struggle, suffer, thrash, thresh, twist, wiggle, wince, worm, wriggle |
| Antonyms: | be still |
| Main Entry: | plop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flop |
| Synonyms: | dangle, droop, drop*, flag, flap, flounder, flutter, hang, jerk*, lop, plump, plunk, quiver, sag, slump, stagger, teeter, topple, toss, totter, tumble, wave, wiggle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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