wriggling wrigg·ling uncommon adjective 1. having a twisting or snake-like or worm-like motion “squirming boys” “wiggly worms” “writhing snakes” Synonymssquirmingtwistingwigglingwigglywrigglywrithing Similarmoving WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.