Fidget vs. Squirm

Fidgetverb

(intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move around nervously or idly.

Fidgetverb

(transitive) To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.

Fidgetnoun

A nervous wriggling or twitching motion.

Fidgetnoun

(informal) A person who fidgets, especially habitually.

Fidgetverb

To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts.

Fidgetnoun

Uneasiness; restlessness.

Fidgetnoun

A general nervous restlessness, manifested by incessant changes of position; dysphoria.

Fidgetnoun

a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion;

Fidgetverb

move restlessly;

Fidgetverb

make small movements, especially of the hands and feet, through nervousness or impatience

Fidgetverb

be impatient or uneasy

Fidgetnoun

a person who fidgets.

Fidgetnoun

a state of mental or physical restlessness or unease

Squirmverb

To twist one’s body with snakelike motions.

Squirmverb

To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment.

Squirmverb

To evade a question, an interviewer etc.

Squirmverb

(figuratively) To move with a slow, irregular motion.

Squirmnoun

A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.

Squirmverb

To twist about briskly with contortions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.

Squirmnoun

the act of wiggling

Squirmverb

to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling);

Squirmverb

wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort

Squirmverb

show or feel embarrassment or shame

Squirmnoun

a wriggling movement

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.