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Squirm

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

verb-intransitive. To twist about in a wriggling, snakelike motion; writhe.

verb-intransitive. To feel or exhibit signs of humiliation or embarrassment.

n. The act of squirming.

n. A squirming movement.

v. To twist one’s body with snakelike motions.

v. To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment.

v. To evade (a question, an interviewer etc).

v. To move in a slow, irregular motion.

n. A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.

verb-intransitive. To twist about briskly with contortions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.

To wriggle or writhe, as an eel or a worm; hence, to writhe mentally.

To climb by wriggling; “shin”: as, to squirm up a tree.

n. A wriggling motion, like that of a worm or an eel.

n. Nautical, a twist in a rope.

v. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

n. the act of wiggling

"Any sacrifice that makes me lose one crawl or squirm is foolish, — and not only foolish, for it is a wrong against myself and a wicked thing."

squirmed squirming squirms

Words that are more generic or abstract

motility movement motion move

squirmed squirming squirmishness squirmy squirmish

Words with the same meaning

wriggle writhe fidget

Words with the same terminal sound

Germ Herm affirm berm confirm

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