WRIGGLER

wiggler, wriggler

(noun) larva of a mosquito

wiggler, wriggler, squirmer

(noun) one who can’t stay still (especially a child); “the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

wriggler (plural wrigglers)

Anything that wriggles.

The larva of a mosquito.

A cunning or tricky person; a dodger.

Synonyms

• wiggler

Source: Wiktionary


Wrig"gler, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, wriggles. Cowper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

30 June 2025

BODILY

(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”


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Coffee Trivia

Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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