squirmy
Origin of squirmy
1Other words from squirmy
- squirm·i·ness, noun
Words Nearby squirmy
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How to use squirmy in a sentence
Now, scientists are using that allure to build a squirmy new tool to detect cancer.
Like bloodhounds, worms are sniffing out human cancers | Katie Grace Carpenter | May 9, 2022 | Science News For StudentsThe mountain bikes of yesterday were not without their quirks—think narrow bars and squirmy knobbies—but some of them are just a cockpit swap and some René Herse tires away from all-day mixed-terrain bliss.
Like a chain, folding locks are squirmy under a cutting device.
The most secure ways to lock up your bike | By Michael Frank/Cycle Volta | August 26, 2020 | Popular-ScienceMe, Bucky Greenfield—to go down and out on account of a bug—a little squirmy bug!
Murder in Any Degree | Owen JohnsonThere were forty scholars: squirmy, grimy little things that I found it hard to tell apart at first.
Atlantic Narratives | Mary Antin
squirmy searched his half-dressed congregation witheringly over the tops of his spectacles.
Atlantic Narratives | Mary AntinShe owned up to the fact that they made her “squirmy” and she hated to see live bait on a hook.
Wyn's Camping Days | Amy Bell MarloweI never c'ud abear castor-ile, jest the mention of it makes me squirmy.
Rimrock Trail | J. Allan Dunn
British Dictionary definitions for squirmy
/ (ˈskwɜːmɪ) /
moving with a wriggling motion
making one squirm
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