Wriggle vs. Wiggle: What's the Difference?

To turn or twist the body or a body part with writhing motions

To move back and forth with quick irregular motions

To move or proceed with writhing motions

To move or proceed with a twisting or turning motion; wriggle

To move with a wriggling motion

To insinuate or extricate oneself by sly or subtle means

To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wriggling

To cause to move back and forth with quick irregular motions

A wriggling movement.

To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wiggling

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

A wiggling movement or course.

(transitive) To cause something to wriggle.

To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle.

(intransitive) To use crooked or devious means.

A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.

A wriggling movement.

(figurative) An alternating state or characteristic. en

To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.

(in the plural) See wiggles.

To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.

To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water.

Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.

Act of wiggling; a wriggle.

Act of wriggling; a short or quick writhing motion or contortion.

The act of wiggling

The act of wiggling

Move to and fro;

To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling);