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squirm

[skwurm] / skwɜrm /
VERB
wiggle, fidget
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG
WEAK
sit still


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Sarah Squirm, who is starting off her second season on “SNL,” kicked off the Big One’s inaugural show in 2021.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2022

Broderick, the show’s photographer and tech, quips, “Sarah Squirm did our first show, so basically our show is a fast track to ‘SNL.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2022

Squirm factor: Though it’s funny throughout, this episode does involve some deeply uncomfortable scenes.

From The Verge • Jan. 2, 2018

Squirm and wriggle as he would, Jake couldn't escape now.

From A Campfire Girl's First Council Fire The Camp Fire Girls In the Woods by Stewart, Jane L.

Squirm, skwirm, v.i. to wriggle or writhe, to climb by wriggling up: to escape with any awkward evasion or lie.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various




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