Definitions

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  • noun One who, or that which, squirms.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun one who can't stay still (especially a child)

Etymologies

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squirm +‎ -er

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Examples

  • Another prominent "squirmer" in today's economic quagmire is Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys.

    unknown title 2009

  • The squirmer in your belly doesn't take anything away from that; if anything, he or she adds to it.

    Liz Ryan: Job-Hunting While Pregnant? 2010

  • Oh, Munchkin was a major squirmer and hiccuper too: you should get Misterpie to listen to your belly when Bun gets the hiccups.

    High-Low kittenpie 2008

  • And right then and there you lay Wonderbaby gently on the floor to inspect, but oh, she is a squirmer!

    Now I Know My ABCs… | Her Bad Mother 2007

  • Which is all the more complicated given that she is a world-class squirmer.

    Bustin’ loose | Her Bad Mother 2006

  • I remember the LibbyDem squirmer Nigel Jones not answering questions as to whether his Party played a 'racist' campaign against the Conservative candidate John Taylor in Cheltenham.

    London LibDems in Uproar Over GLA Selections 2007

  • And right then and there you lay Wonderbaby gently on the floor to inspect, but oh, she is a squirmer!

    Now I Know My ABCs... 2007

  • Which is all the more complicated given that she is a world-class squirmer.

    Archive 2006-01-22 2006

  • Which is all the more complicated given that she is a world-class squirmer.

    Bustin' loose 2006

  • The baby's diaper was the kind with tape, and Laylah wasn't a squirmer, but it still took Keisha quite a bit of time to fasten the sides.

    Butchers Hill Lippman, Laura 1998

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