Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get a wriggle on

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables: get a wrig-gle on
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Informed our hostess a thousand times we had to leave early, and do you think she'd get a wriggle on with the tea ?"
"While accepting he needs to get a wriggle on, Australia's annual great hope remains defiant and insists he can overcome a nightmare draw and once again challenge for the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup."

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

gets a wriggle on (present, singular) getting a wriggle on (participle, present) got a wriggle on (past) got a wriggle on (UK, participle) gotten a wriggle on (US, participle)

Synonyms

get a wiggle on

Questions

What does get a wriggle on mean?: To hurry up.

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