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pėr|pėl|i't· vt to make a small quick movement with [part of the body]: blink [eye], jerk [body], wiggle [finger], flap [wing]
pėr|pėl|i't·et vpr 1 to make small energetic movements repeatedly: thrash around, writhe, squirm; quiver, twitch, wiggle 2 [Fig] to suffer terribly; struggle to escape, wriggle * pėr|pėl|i't|ės adj making a quick movement of part of the body: spasmodic, convulsive, twitching; quivering |