Squirm
31squirm — /skwɜm / (say skwerm) verb (i) 1. to wriggle or writhe. 2. to feel or display discomfort or disgust as from reproof, embarrassment, or repulsion. –noun 3. a squirming or wriggling movement. {blend of skew and worm (verb) –squirmy, adjective …
32squirm — Pīhole, hole. Also: ka anini, laumilo, ueue, oioi, oni, ne e …
33squirm — to wriggle and twist about briskly, after the manner of an eel ; it is usually spoken of that fish. S …
34squirm — v. & n. v.intr. 1 wriggle, writhe. 2 show or feel embarrassment or discomfiture. n. a squirming movement. Derivatives: squirmer n. squirmy adj. (squirmier, squirmiest). Etymology: imit., prob. assoc. with WORM …
35squirm out of — Synonyms and related words: alibi, alibi out of, apologize for, cover with excuses, creep out of, excuse, find a loophole, lie out of, make apology for, offer excuse for, plead ignorance, shuffle out of, slide out of, slip away, slip out of, slip …
36tread squirm — The flexibility in the tire tread between the surface of the tread and the tire carcass. Snow tires, with their small, deep, unsupported tread blocks, have a large amount of tread squirm. Slick racing tires, which have no tread pattern, have very …
37a|squirm — «uh SKWURM», adverb, adjective. squirming; wriggling or writhing: »A swim, even in chlorinated water asquirm with kids, delightfully strips away fatigue (John Dos Passos) …
38a-squirm — …
39Squirmed — Squirm Squirm (skw[ e]rm), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squirmed} (skw[ e]rmd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Squirming}.] [Cf. {Swarm} to climb a tree.] To twist about briskly with contortions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe. [1913 Webster] …
40Squirming — Squirm Squirm (skw[ e]rm), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squirmed} (skw[ e]rmd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Squirming}.] [Cf. {Swarm} to climb a tree.] To twist about briskly with contortions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe. [1913 Webster] …
