squirm
/skwɝm/ verbo C2En español: serpentear, retorcerse, avergonzarse, escabullirse
- To twist one's body with snakelike motions. · The prisoner managed to squirm out of the straitjacket.
- To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment. · I recounted the embarrassing story in detail just to watch him squirm.· A tough question that made the press office squirm.
- To evade a question, an interviewer etc.
He/she/it squirms · Pasado squirmed · Participio pasado squirmed · Forma en -ing squirming
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Anne squirmed off the bed and sat rigidly on a chair beside it, her face swollen and tear-stained and her eyes fixed stubbornly on the floor.
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