"wrig" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɹɪɡ/ Forms: wrigs [present, singular, third-person], wrigging [participle, present], wrigged [participle, past], wrigged [past]
Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: From Middle English wriggen. Cognate with Low German wriggeln (“to wriggle”), German Low German wriggen (“to shake, shudder, rotate”), Dutch wrikken and wriggelen (“to wriggle, squirm”), Middle English wrikken (“to move back and forth”). Compare also Old English wrigian (“to turn, wend, hie, go, move”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wriggen}} Middle English wriggen, {{cog|nds|wriggeln|t=to wriggle}} Low German wriggeln (“to wriggle”), {{cog|nds-de|wriggen|t=to shake, shudder, rotate}} German Low German wriggen (“to shake, shudder, rotate”), {{cog|nl|wrikken}} Dutch wrikken, {{cog|enm|wrikken|t=to move back and forth}} Middle English wrikken (“to move back and forth”), {{cog|ang|wrigian|t=to turn, wend, hie, go, move}} Old English wrigian (“to turn, wend, hie, go, move”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} wrig (third-person singular simple present wrigs, present participle wrigging, simple past and past participle wrigged)
  1. (obsolete) To wriggle. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: wriggle
    Sense id: en-wrig-en-verb-1wSxjPxW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wrig meaning in English (2.3kB)

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