"unwriggle" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: unwriggles [present, singular, third-person], unwriggling [participle, present], unwriggled [participle, past], unwriggled [past]
Etymology: un- + wriggle Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|wriggle}} un- + wriggle Head templates: {{en-verb}} unwriggle (third-person singular simple present unwriggles, present participle unwriggling, simple past and past participle unwriggled)
  1. (rare) to free something which is trapped, by wriggling. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-unwriggle-en-verb-5U2s20ES Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for unwriggle meaning in English (2.0kB)

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