To move about like all eel. New England. Often figuratively used in speaking of a man who evades a bargain as an eel eludes the grasp.--Pickering.
Forby's Glossary of Norfolk contains the word in the sense of "to shake a fluid about the mouth."
·vi To move about like an eel; to <<Squirm>>. II. Squiggle ·vi To shake and wash a fluid about in t...
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