unwriggle

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verb

to free something which is trapped, by wriggling.

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Meanings

verbunwriggle (third-person singular simple present unwriggles, present participle unwriggling, simple past and past participle unwriggled)

present singular third person unwriggles · participle present unwriggling · participle past unwriggled · past unwriggled

  1. rareto free something which is trapped, by wriggling.

    He was actually almost unwriggled when we came to finally untie him. He was beating us up alot before this.

    2001, alt.drugs.psychedelics, Counting Comets
    2 more examples

    WILLIAM FUDGE. Mr Moule. Us do know that playing is uncommon rough, particular in wind, and ’tis true tidden fitting. Fact, we been a-trying to unwriggle old Bill Swyer from his serpent now for many a year.

    a. 1979, David Edgar, Ecclesiastes: A Radio Play, Methuen Drama, published 2002, →ISBN, page 408

    “[…] You rip off that golden paper and unwriggle the wire. Then push up the cork with your thumbs and give it a little twist and try not to let it go off. […]”

    1986, Henrietta Garnett, Family Skeletons, Knopf, published 1987, →ISBN, page 32

Origin

From un- + wriggle.

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unwriggle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwriggle

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“unwriggle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwriggle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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