Associations to the word «Squirming»

Wiktionary

SQUIRM, verb. To twist one’s body with snakelike motions.
SQUIRM, verb. To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment.
SQUIRM, verb. To evade (a question, an interviewer etc).
SQUIRM, verb. (figuratively) To move in a slow, irregular motion.
SQUIRM, noun. A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.

Dictionary definition

SQUIRM, noun. The act of wiggling.
SQUIRM, verb. To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats