Greek-English translations for wriggle

• avoid
  I try to avoid the company of gamblers.
• bilk
• circumvent
• crawl
  Clutching my wounded side, I crawled back to the trench
  The rush-hour traffic crawled around the bypass
  Dont come crawling to me with your useless apologies!
• creep
  Christmas creep. Feature creep. Instruction creep. Mission creep
  Stop following me, you creep!
• dodge
  He dodged traffic crossing the street.
  The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply.
• duck
  Im just going to duck into the loo for a minute, can you hold my bag?
  A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.
  And hold-fast is the only dog, my duck (William Shakespeare - The Life of King Henry the Fifth, Act 2, Scene 3
• elude
• escape from
• eschew
• evade
  He evaded his opponents blows
  The robbers evaded the police
  to evade the force of an argument
• extricate oneself from
• flail
  He was flailing wildly, but didnt land a blow
• flounder
  Robert yanked Connies leg vigorously, causing her to flounder and eventually fall.
  He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.
• hide from
• jerk
  When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!
  to jerk a stone
  Jerk chicken is a local favorite.
• jiggle
  Give the key a jiggle and see if it opens.
  Jiggle the handle and see if the water stops.
  The jelly jiggled in the bowl for a few moments after it was set down.
• shirk
  If you have a job, dont shirk from it by staying off work
• sidestep
  They sidestepped the issue.
• slink
  a cow that slinks her calf
• slither
• snake
  The path snaked through the forest
  The river snakes through the valley
  He snaked my DVD!
• squirm
  The prisoner managed to squirm out of the straitjacket.
  I recounted the embarrassing story in detail just to watch him squirm.
• steer clear of
• thresh
• turn
  the Earth turns; turn on the spot
  Turn the knob clockwise
  She turned right at the corner
• twist
  Damascus twist
  a twist toward fanaticism
  Avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
• twist and turn
• twitch
  I saw a little twitch in the mans face, and knew he was lying.
  to twitch somebodys sleeve for attention
• wiggle
  Her hips wiggle as she walks.
  The jelly wiggles on the plate when you move it.
  She walked with a sexy wiggle.
• worm
  Dont try to run away, you little worm!
  We wormed our way through the underbrush
  He wormed his way into the organization
• writhe
• zigzag

Related words

• ghostwriter
• wheelwright
• writing on the wall