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wriggle
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maneuver out of; wiggle |
| Synonyms: | convulse, crawl, dodge, extricate oneself, glide, jerk, jiggle, ooze, skew, slink, slip, snake, sneak, squirm, turn, twist, twitch, wag, waggle, worm, writhe, zigzag |
| Main Entry: | creep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crawl along, usually on ground |
| Synonyms: | approach unnoticed, crawl on all fours, edge, glide, grovel, gumshoe, inch, insinuate, lurk, pussyfoot, scrabble, scramble, skulk, slink, slither, snake*, sneak, squirm, steal, tiptoe, worm, wriggle, writhe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come, put into a place |
| Synonyms: | access, arrive, barge in, blow in, break in, breeze in, burst in, bust in, butt in, come in, crack, crawl, creep, crowd in, drive in, drop in, fall into, gain entrée, get in, go in, horn in, immigrate, infiltrate, ingress, insert, insinuate, introduce, intrude, invade, jump in, make an entrance, make way, move in, pass into, penetrate, pierce, pile in, pop in, probe, rush in, set foot in, slip, sneak, work in, worm in, wriggle |
| Antonyms: | depart, exit, go, leave, withdraw |
| Main Entry: | jerk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a lurching move |
| Synonyms: | bounce, bump, flick, flop, jolt, pull, quake, quiver, shiver, snag, thrust, tug, tweak, twitch, wiggle, wrench, wriggle, yank |
| Main Entry: | jerk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move with lurch |
| Synonyms: | bounce, bump, dance, flick, fling, flip, flop, grab, hook, hurtle, jolt, lug, pluck, pull, quake, quiver, seize, shiver, shrug, sling, snag, snatch, throw, thrust, tug, tweak, twitch, vellicate, whisk, wiggle, wrench, wrest, wriggle, wring, yank |
| Main Entry: | slither |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slide |
| Synonyms: | coast, crawl, glide, glissade, move, skate, skid, slink, slip, snake*, sneak, wriggle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | squirm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wiggle, fidget |
| Synonyms: | agonize, flounder, shift, skew, squiggle, toss, twist, wind, worm, wriggle, writhe |
| Antonyms: | sit still |
| Main Entry: | swirl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spin around |
| Synonyms: | agitate, boil, churn, coil, crimp, crisp, curl, eddy, purl, roil, roll, snake, surge, swoosh, twirl, whirl, whirlpool, whorl, wriggle |
| Main Entry: | toss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move back and forth |
| Synonyms: | agitate, agonize, bob, buffet, disturb, flounder, heave, jiggle, joggle, jolt, labor, lurch, move restlessly, oscillate, pitch, rise and fall, rock, roll, seesaw, shake, squirm, stir, sway, swing, thrash, tumble, undulate, wallow, wave, wobble, wriggle, writhe |
| Antonyms: | lie still |
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