godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
Describes a snake, worm, or person twisting the body in an ungraceful, often unpleasant way. Intransitive.
傷ついた蛇が地面でのたくっている。
The injured snake is wriggling on the ground.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
scrawl; scribble messily
Used for messy, sprawling handwriting or drawing that looks like wriggling lines. Transitive; takes an object such as 字 or 線.
彼はノートに汚い字をのたくった。
He scrawled messy letters in his notebook.