Usually means: Wriggle or twist the body.
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  1. squirm: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. squirm: Merriam-Webster
  3. squirm: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. squirm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. squirm: Collins English Dictionary
  6. squirm: Vocabulary.com
  7. Squirm, squirm: Wordnik
  8. squirm: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. squirm: Wiktionary
  10. squirm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. squirm: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. squirm: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. squirm: Dictionary.com
  14. squirm: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. squirm: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Squirm (film), Squirm: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Squirm: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. squirm: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. squirm: Rhymezone
  20. squirm: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. squirm: FreeDictionary.org
  22. squirm: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. squirm: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. squirm: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. Squirm: Bicycle Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To twist one's body with snakelike motions.
verb:  (intransitive) To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment.
verb:  To evade a question, an interviewer etc.
noun:  A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.

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