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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

  • (..) then he sends us our water. You pull on this to start the water flowing. Give it a try. Uhh. You're such a klutz. Yuck! What's in this water? Dried worm salts. It's supposed to be good for you. And with water this murky, you can't see all the sludge in the tub. Yank it again when (..)
    2001 Spirited Away