wriggle in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for wriggle in the English»French Dictionary

I.wriggle [Brit ˈrɪɡ(ə)l, Am ˈrɪɡəl] VB trans

to wriggle one's toes/fingers

remuer les orteils/doigts

to wriggle one's way out of sth lit

se sortir or se dégager de qc

to wriggle one's way out of sth fig

se sortir de qc

II.wriggle [Brit ˈrɪɡ(ə)l, Am ˈrɪɡəl] VB intr

wriggle person:

s'agiter, gigoter

wriggle snake, worm:

se tortiller

he was wriggling with embarrassment/excitement

il gigotait d'embarras/d'excitation

to wriggle along the ground

ramper en se tortillant

to wriggle through a hole in the fence

se glisser par un trou dans la clôture

to wriggle under sth

se glisser sous qc

to wriggle free

arriver à se dégager

to wriggle off the hook lit fish:

se décrocher de l'hameçon

to wriggle off the hook fig person:

se tirer d'affaire

wriggle about VB [Brit ˈrɪɡ(ə)l -, Am ˈrɪɡəl -], wriggle around VB

wriggle about fish:

frétiller

wriggle about worm, snake:

se tortiller

wriggle about person:

s'agiter, se tortiller

wriggle out VB [Brit ˈrɪɡ(ə)l -, Am ˈrɪɡəl -]

wriggle out

se dégager or se sortir en se tortillant

to wriggle out of sth lit

se dégager or se sortir de qc en se tortillant

to wriggle out of sth fig task, duty

se défiler devant

you can't wriggle out of it, you'll have to tell them the truth

tu ne peux pas te défiler, il faudra que tu leur dises la vérité

Translations for wriggle in the French»English Dictionary

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gigoter (gén)

to wriggle

contorsionner (pour se dégager)

to wriggle and writhe

frétiller

to wriggle

se tortiller

to wriggle

se tortiller comme un ver/une anguille

to wriggle like a worm/an eel

wriggle in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wriggle in the English»French Dictionary

I.wriggle [ˈrɪgl] N

wriggle

trémoussement m

II.wriggle <-ling> [ˈrɪgl] VB intr

1. wriggle (squirm):

wriggle

se tortiller

wriggle person

s'agiter

2. wriggle (move by twisting):

to wriggle along

se faufiler

to wriggle through/under sth

se faufiler dans/sous qc

Phrases:

to wriggle off the hook inf

se dérober

III.wriggle <-ling> [ˈrɪgl] VB trans

wriggle toes, shoulders:

wriggle

remuer

wriggle out of VB intr

wriggle out of

échapper à

Translations for wriggle in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

se trémousser enfant

to wriggle

gigoter

to wriggle about

se déhancher

to wriggle one's hips

frétiller poisson

to wriggle

se défiler

to wriggle out of

wriggle Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to wriggle along

se faufiler

to wriggle through/under sth

se faufiler dans/sous qc

to wriggle off the hook inf

se dérober

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He crams the film with bits and pieces, trapping his actors like bugs wriggling in the frame.

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The pupa wriggles free of the cocoon and breaks through the upper leaf surface.

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They stay stuck in your head and wriggle around for a few days.

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It includes live baby pink shrimp wriggling their legs and waving their antenna as they are eaten.

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When exposed, it immediately wriggles into loose soil or under rubble.

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The larvae move out of the burrow and wriggle to pools or water courses that form in the wet season.

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Kirk tries to wriggle the ship free of the hand by using the ship's impulse engines, but to no avail.

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They have slender, lithe body, which allows them to wriggle into crevices and holes and extract prey inaccessible to other reef sharks.

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Often one has to shove one's self through or wriggle under briars, with awkward results to clothing and many and deep cuts and scratches...

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The child managed to wriggle free, and the car sped off.

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