ジタバタ
Meanings
Adverb
Adverb taking と
Suru verb
1. (kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; flailing (Onomatopoeia)
Suru verb
Adverb
Adverb taking と
2. to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene (Onomatopoeia)
Other readings
Examples1
その
The purse snatcher was frantically struggling to get away from me while I had him pinned down.