WORM

/wɜːm/ ► audio Scrabble 9 Words With Friends 10

Definition

  1. verb to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling). — synonyms: writhe, wrestle, wriggle, squirm, twist
  2. noun any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes.
  3. noun a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect. — synonyms: louse, insect, dirt_ball
  4. noun a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network.
  5. noun screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack.

Examples

  • “Don't try to run away, you little worm!”
  • “We wormed our way through the underbrush.”
  • “He wormed his way into the organization”

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