English Explanatory Dictionary

wriggler

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Anything that wriggles (literally or figuratively).
  2. The larva of a mosquito.
  3. Any of several types of tool for center-finding or edge-finding in manufacturing, especially metalworking.
  4. A cunning or tricky person.

Word forms

wriggler wrigglers

Etymology

From wriggle + -er.

Synonyms

wiggler dodger shyster

Derived words

collared wriggler Dorothea's wriggler
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