Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to wrig
Participle: wrigged
Gerund: wrigging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | wrig |
| you | wrig |
| he;she;it | wrigs |
| we | wrig |
| you | wrig |
| they | wrig |
Perfect
| I | have wrigged |
| you | have wrigged |
| he;she;it | has wrigged |
| we | have wrigged |
| you | have wrigged |
| they | have wrigged |
Past
| I | wrigged |
| you | wrigged |
| he;she;it | wrigged |
| we | wrigged |
| you | wrigged |
| they | wrigged |
Pluperfect
| I | had wrigged |
| you | had wrigged |
| he;she;it | had wrigged |
| we | had wrigged |
| you | had wrigged |
| they | had wrigged |
Future
| I | will wrig |
| you | will wrig |
| he;she;it | will wrig |
| we | will wrig |
| you | will wrig |
| they | will wrig |
Future Perfect
| I | will have wrigged |
| you | will have wrigged |
| he;she;it | will have wrigged |
| we | will have wrigged |
| you | will have wrigged |
| they | will have wrigged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | wrig |
| you | wrig |
| he;she;it | wrig |
| we | wrig |
| you | wrig |
| they | wrig |
Perfect
| I | have wrigged |
| you | have wrigged |
| he;she;it | have wrigged |
| we | have wrigged |
| you | have wrigged |
| they | have wrigged |
Imperfect
| I | wrigged |
| you | wrigged |
| he;she;it | wrigged |
| we | wrigged |
| you | wrigged |
| they | wrigged |
Pluperfect
| I | had wrigged |
| you | had wrigged |
| he;she;it | had wrigged |
| we | had wrigged |
| you | had wrigged |
| they | had wrigged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would wrig |
| you | would wrig |
| he;she;it | would wrig |
| we | would wrig |
| you | would wrig |
| they | would wrig |
Perfect
| I | would have wrigged |
| you | would have wrigged |
| he;she;it | would have wrigged |
| we | would have wrigged |
| you | would have wrigged |
| they | would have wrigged |
Imperative
| you | wrig |
| we | Let's wrig |
| you | wrig |
Verbs conjugated like 'wrig'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'wrig'
frig,
grig,
prig,
rig,
trig,
whig,
wig,
wring,
big,
brag,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English wriggen.
2. Cognate with Low German wriggeln (“to wriggle”), German Low German wriggen (“to shake, shudder, rotate”), Dutch wrikken and wriggelen (“to wriggle, squirm”), Middle English wrikken (“to move back and forth”). Compare also Old English wrigian (“to turn, wend, hie, go, move”). See: Low Saxon 'wriggeln', Dutch '
wrikken', Old English '
wrigian'.
Sample Sentences
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Pooh! the whole thing is as alive and wrigging as an angler's box of gentles [1846, Douglas William Jerrold, The History of St. Giles and St. James:]