Squirm vs. Wiggles — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Squirm and Wiggles
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Squirm
Squirm is a 1976 American natural horror film written and directed by Jeff Lieberman, starring Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, R. A. Dow, Jean Sullivan, Peter MacLean, Fran Higgins and William Newman. The film takes place in the fictional town of Fly Creek, Georgia, which becomes infested with carnivorous worms after an electrical storm.
Wiggles
To move back and forth with quick irregular motions
The gelatin wiggled on the plate.
Squirm
Wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort
He looked uncomfortable and squirmed in his chair
Wiggles
To move or proceed with a twisting or turning motion; wriggle
Wiggled restlessly in her chair.
Wiggled through the crowd.
Squirm
A wriggling movement
The toddler gave a sudden squirm
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Wiggles
To insinuate or extricate oneself by sly or subtle means
Wiggled out of a social engagement.
Squirm
To twist about in a wriggling, snakelike motion; writhe.
Wiggles
To cause to move back and forth with quick irregular motions
Wiggle a loose tooth.
Squirm
To feel or exhibit signs of humiliation or embarrassment.
Wiggles
To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wiggling
The pitcher wiggled his way out of a jam.
Squirm
The act of squirming.
Wiggles
A wiggling movement or course.
Squirm
A squirming movement.
Wiggles
Plural of wiggle
Squirm
To twist one's body with snakelike motions.
The prisoner managed to squirm out of the straitjacket.
Wiggles
The tendency to squirm or be restless.
Squirm
To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment.
I recounted the embarrassing story in detail just to watch him squirm.
Squirm
To evade a question, an interviewer etc. en
Squirm
A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.
Squirm
To twist about briskly with contortions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.
Squirm
The act of wiggling
Squirm
To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling);
The prisoner writhed in discomfort
The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace
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