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

  • (..) We got a bug in the electrical system. People! We got a bug in the electrical system! Now y'all running? No, no, no! Sit down! It's only a -foot worm. - Everybody out. - Put the hammer down on this thing. I'm Captain Larry Bridgewater. I decide what happens. You decide? (..)
    2002 Men in Black II
  • (..) You know our arrangements. Stay in the E, F and R subway lines... ...and you get all the garbage you want. What the hell are you doing here, worm boy? Tee. Jeff... Excuse my partner. He's new and he's... ...kind of stupid. (..)
    2002 Men in Black II