Squirm vs. Wiggle

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.

Wiggleverb

To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle.

Wigglenoun

A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.

Wigglenoun

(figurative) An alternating state or characteristic.

Wigglenoun

(in the plural) See wiggles.

Wiggleverb

To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water.

Wigglenoun

Act of wiggling; a wriggle.

Wigglenoun

the act of wiggling

Wiggleverb

move to and fro;