sandworm

American  

[sand-wurm] / ˈsændˌwɜrm /

noun

1. any of several marine worms that live in sand.

2. clamworm.

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sandworm British  

/ ˈsændˌwɜːm /

noun

1. any of various polychaete worms that live in burrows on sandy shores, esp the lugworm

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Etymology

Origin of sandworm

First recorded in 1770–80; sand + worm

Example Sentences

Then he performed a production number, “I Won’t Waste Time,” which featured a chorus of dancing Conans and the “sandworm from ‘Dune 2’ ” playing “Chopsticks” on the piano.

From Los Angeles Times

He finished his opening monologue nearly 20 minutes later with a song-and-dance number featuring a piano-playing sandworm from “Dune” and a dancing Deadpool.

From Los Angeles Times

With the metal in colliding knives, the foley work of sand beneath a boot and the glottal roaring of a sandworm, I am reduced to a slack, muttering, awe-struck child.

From Salon

Imagine the Battle of Arrakeen without the deafening blare of the sandworm emerging from the dust, the spilling of sand down the fronts of Fremen as they emerge from the ground, or the buzzing of ornithopter wings over the city.

From Salon

This year’s awards for director and adapted screenplay should have been locks, plus supporting actress for Zendaya and lead actor for Chalamet, who delivers a performance with twice the octave range of his Bob Dylan while riding backward on a sandworm screaming in fictional Fremen-ese.

From Los Angeles Times