Definitions
the act of wiggling
Word origin
First recorded 1690's, originally used of eels; cognate with Scots squimmer (“to wriggle, squirm”). Of uncertain origin. Compare dialectal quirm, whirm (“to disappear quickly, vanish suddenly and mysteriously”), Norwegian kverva (“to turn around, take away, remove, shrink”), from Old Norse hverfa (“to turn, vanish”). Alternatively, perhaps imitative or related to worm (in the sense of writhing movement) or swarm.
Used in a sentence
“The prisoner managed to squirm out of the straitjacket.”
“"Throw it away, dear, do," she said, as they got into the road; but Jacob squirmed away from her […]”
“The Dutchman then missed a retaken second spot-kick, before the Trotters hit back when Daniel Sturridge's shot squirmed under Heurelho Gomes.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Wriggle uneasily”6 letters
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