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To squirm is to wiggle or fidget, especially when you do so because you are nervous or uncomfortable.

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When you wiggle around in your seat because you are anxious about what is coming next, this is an example of squirm.

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See squirm in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

to twist and turn the body in a snakelike movement; wriggle; writhe
to show or feel distress, as from painful embarrassment, humiliation, etc.

noun

the act of squirming; a squirming motion

Related Forms:

squirmy adjective squirmier, squirmiest

See squirm in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb squirmed, squirm·ing, squirms

To twist about in a wriggling, snakelike motion; writhe.
To feel or exhibit signs of humiliation or embarrassment.

noun

The act of squirming.
A squirming movement.

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Related Forms:

squirmˈer noun

squirmˈy adjective

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