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worm

Definition

  • noun: a long, thin animal that has a soft body with no legs or bones and that often lives in the ground
  • noun: an annelid worm
  • verb: to move or proceed by twisting and turning
  • verb: to move or proceed sinuously or insidiously
  • usually used in plural
  • synonyms: entozoon, helminth, vermin

Examples

  • Some investors believe that 'the worm has turned', and that the economy is getting better.

  • She finally 'wormed' the truth 'out of' him. [=she finally got him to tell her the truth]

  • I didn't think that she would go on a date with that 'worm'. [='wretch']

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - No. Zero weirdness. - You guys are great together. - I know, right? - Tyler... - Gross. Bella, look. It's a worm. It's a worm. Bella, we shouldn't be friends. You really should've figured that out a little earlier. I mean, why didn't you just (..)
    2008 Twilight