wiggle

menear, mover de un lado a otro

Moverse o mover algo de un lado a otro o hacia delante y atrás con movimientos pequeños.

En inglés sencillo: To move, or make something move, from side to side or back and forth in small movements.

• Can you wiggle your toes?
• The puppy wiggled its tail excitedly.
• A loose tooth wiggles when you touch it.

Sinónimos: wriggle, jiggle

Expresiones frecuentes: wiggle your toes, wiggle something gently, wiggle your hips

avanzar contoneándose, colarse retorciéndose

Entrar o pasar por un lugar moviendo el cuerpo de un lado a otro con pequeños movimientos.

En inglés sencillo: To move through or into a place by making small movements from side to side.

• The mouse wiggled through the hole.
• She wiggled out of her tight jeans.
• Can you wiggle into that small space?

Cómo se usa: wiggle through something (The kitten wiggled through a gap in the fence.); wiggle out of something (She wiggled out of the tight sleeping bag.); wiggle into something (He wiggled into the narrow space behind the cupboard.)

Sinónimos: wriggle, squirm

Expresiones frecuentes: wiggle through something, wiggle into something, wiggle out of something

meneo

Movimiento pequeño y rápido de un lado a otro o hacia delante y atrás.

En inglés sencillo: A small, quick movement from side to side or back and forth.

• She gave her toes a wiggle.
• A quick wiggle freed the key from the lock.
• The puppy greeted us with a wiggle of its whole body.

Sinónimos: wriggle

Expresiones frecuentes: a little wiggle, a quick wiggle, wiggle of something

marisco con guisantes a la crema

Plato de marisco y guisantes servido con una salsa cremosa.

En inglés sencillo: A dish of seafood and peas served in a creamy sauce.

• We had shrimp wiggle for lunch.
• Her salmon wiggle contains peas and plenty of cream.
• Serve the tuna wiggle over warm toast.

Expresiones frecuentes: shrimp wiggle, salmon wiggle, tuna wiggle