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për|pël|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 • përpëlit·et në shtratin e vdekjes "struggle in death's bed" to be struggling with death, be in one's death throes • përpëlit·et si petulla në tigan "wriggle like a pancake on the frying pan" to have an insatiable burning desire; have an agonizing problem: be like a cat on a hot tin roof * për|pël|i't|ës adj making a quick movement of part of the body: spasmodic, convulsive, twitching; quivering për|pël|i't|je nf ger 1 < përpëli't·, përpëli't·et 2 repeated quick movement of the body or a body part; tossing and turning 3 (Med) jactitation 4 strenuous effort to escape