Grovel and Wriggle

Grovel

Grovel verb - To move slowly with the body close to the ground.
Usage example: because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground
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Synonyms for Grovel

Wriggle and grovel are semantically related in crawl topic. In some cases you can use "Wriggle" instead a verb "Grovel".

Nearby Words: grovelling, groveling, groveled, grovelled

Wriggle

Wriggle verb - To move slowly with the body close to the ground.
Usage example: a worm slowly wriggled across the sidewalk
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Synonyms for Wriggle

Grovel and wriggle are semantically related in crawl topic. Sometimes you can use "Grovel" instead a verb "Wriggle".

Nearby Words: wriggled, wriggling, wriggler

Common collocations

way grovel way wriggle way
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