different between wriggle vs scriggle

English

Etymology

From wrig +? -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch wriggelen (“to wriggle, squirm”), Low German wriggeln (“to wriggle”). Related to Old English wrigian (“to turn, wend, hie, go move”), from Proto-Germanic *wrig?n? (“to wriggle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????l/
• Rhymes: -???l

Verb

wriggle (third-person singular simple present wriggles, present participle wriggling, simple past and past participle wriggled)

1. (intransitive) To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.

   Synonym: wiggle

   Teachers often lose their patience when children wriggle in their seats.

   • 1724, Jonathan Swift, Drapier's Letters, 5

     Both he and successors would often wriggle in their seats, as long as the cushion lasted.
2. (transitive) To cause something to wriggle.

   Synonym: wiggle

   He was sitting on the lawn, wriggling his toes in the grass.

3. (intransitive) To use crooked or devious means.

Derived terms

• wriggler
• wriggly

Translations

Noun

wriggle (plural wriggles)

1. A wriggling movement.

Translations

Anagrams

• wiggler

English

Verb

scriggle (third-person singular simple present scriggles, present participle scriggling, simple past and past participle scriggled)

1. (Britain, dialect) to squirm, wriggle or squiggle
2. (rare) to scribble, jot

Noun

scriggle (plural scriggles)

1. (Britain, dialect) A wriggling motion.

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