Squirming

verb

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.verbTo twist one's body with snakelike motions.

"The prisoner managed to squirm out of the straitjacket."

2.verbTo twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment.

"I recounted the embarrassing story in detail just to watch him squirm."

3.verbTo evade a question, an interviewer etc.

4.nounThe motion of something that squirms.

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