NichiDict

うごめく

蠢く
動めく蠕く
[ugomeku]

Meanings

1.GodanIntransitive

to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

Examples

暗闇の中で何かが蠢いた

Something wriggled in the darkness.

池の底でゆっくりと生き物が蠢いている

A creature is slowly squirming at the bottom of the pond.

石をめくると無数の虫が一斉に蠢くのを見た。

When I lifted the rock, I saw countless insects wriggling all at once.