A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.
Strife, contention, great effort.
To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
A fitful movement similar to a twitch or jerk.
A dance involving sexual movements of the hips and buttocks.
An abrupt call, such as that made by the California quail.
To twitch or jerk.
To move the body in a sexually suggestive twisting or gyrating fashion, especially as a dance.