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    [Noun]  | "worm" | \ ˈwərm \


    1: earthworm; broadly : an annelid worm

    2: any of numerous relatively small elongated usually naked and soft-bodied animals (such as a grub, pinworm, tapeworm, shipworm, or slowworm)

    3: a human being who is an object of contempt, loathing, or pity : wretch


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English wyrm serpent, worm; akin to Old High German wurm serpent, worm, Latin vermis worm;

    [Noun]  | "worm fence" 


    1: a zigzag fence consisting of interlocking rails supported by crossed poles —called also snake fence, Virginia fence


    Origin: 1652 ;

    [Noun]  | "worm gear" 


    1: worm wheel

    2: a gear of a worm and a worm wheel working together


    Origin: 1851 ;

    [Noun]  | "worm snake" 


    1: a small terrestrial colubrid snake (Carphophis amoenus) of the eastern U.S. that is dark above and pinkish red below


    Origin: 1885 ;

    [Noun]  | "worm wheel" 


    1: a toothed wheel gearing with the thread of a worm


    Origin: 1677 ;

    [Verb]  | "worm" 


    1: to move or proceed sinuously or insidiously

    2: to proceed or make (one's way) insidiously or deviously

    3: to insinuate or introduce (oneself) by devious or subtle means


    Origin: 1610 ;

    [Adjective]  | "worm-eat*en" | \ ˈwərm-ˌē-tᵊn \


    1: eaten or burrowed by worms

    2: pitted

    3: worn-out, antiquated


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Adjective]  | "worm's-eye" | \ ˈwərmz-ˌī \


    1: seen from ground level or from the lowest levels of a hierarchy


    Origin: 1848 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "worm into" 


    1: to get oneself into (a desired position, situation, etc.) in a gradual and usually clever or dishonest way

    [Phrasal verb]  | "worm out of" 


    1: to get (information) from (someone) by asking many questions, by using clever methods of persuasion, etc.

    2: to avoid doing (something) in usually a clever or dishonest way

    [Verb]  | "worm" 


    1: to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits;


      * e.g., " ... neighborhoods worming into lands reserved for wildlife "



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    2: to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way;


      * e.g., " ... over a period of several years, the undercover agent was able to worm his way into the drug kingpin's confidence "



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    3: to move slowly with the body close to the ground;


      * e.g., " ... the cat silently wormed along the ground as it snuck up on the bird "



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     [ "worm" ]

    1: A long snakey boi

      * e.g.,  ... oof a worm!! 

     [ "worm" ]

    1: In the construction business,or world.

      * e.g.,  ... 1 Look at that wormy bastard cobbelng up a pipe run just to rush the job. 


     [ "worm" ]

    2: A worm is a low life who would do anything to keep his/her job.

      * e.g.,  ... 2 The wormy fucker worked through lunch again. 


     [ "worm" ]

    3: Going agaiinst the craftsmen standards and brotherly ways of the union workforce.

      * e.g.,  ... 3 Watch what you say in front of that worm. It all goes back to the office. 

     [ "worm" ]

    1: v. The act of pursuing chicks that are knowingly claimed by other dudes.

      * e.g.,  ... Hurry up and let's get over to the party before those other dudes worm our chicks. 

     [ "worm" ]

    1: a malicious computer program created by computer abusers who want to cause trobule for unfriendly purposes

      * e.g.,  ... I saw the news stories abuout the worms Mydoom C and Deadhat A entering through backdoors installed by previous worms. 

     [ "worm" ]

    1: The go-to insult used by crazy old ladies in Australia who think that they own property which they do not, and falsely try to prevent people with jobs, belts, children, pets, and especially bald people, who they also often refer to as "baldy arse" from entering the premises. The word "worm" is intentionally vague and ineffective as an insult, as these crazy old women tend to know nothing about the person, so will just fire random insults at members of the public hoping that one of them hits home, with "worm", according to professional research, being a fan favourite. Other insults used by these women are insulting the person at their inadequacy with dealing with their children and their pets, the word "turd", and insulting the person's (if that person is a man) genitalia, with the most infamous usage of this being from the great Queen Del Pufflet of Neutral Bay II, saying to the baldy arse at the time "go and tweak yer bloody dirty old crappy penis"

      * e.g.,  ... Person: I can see you've clearly spawned a couple kids, have you? 

     [ "worm" ]

    1: MEANS TO ACT STUPID BY GIRLS

      * e.g.,  ... Bro u be actin worm by them girls 

     [ "worm" ]

    1: any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae

      * e.g.,  ... the fish got my bait give me another worm 

     [ "worm" ]

    1: a small program that damages a computer by deleting or corrupting a critical systems file. Unlike a virus, it will spread from one computer to the next of it's own accord without any user action

      * e.g.,  ... I just got the latest worm going around 

     [ "worm" ]

    1: Digging far enough back through an internet series (e.g. xkcd or imgur) until you have covered all ground and material.

      * e.g.,  ... If we worm really hard, we can share the entirety of XKCD with each other. 

     [ "worm" ]

    1: Another word for a penis.

      * e.g.,  ... Fundo wanted to put his worm in the apple, but not without a mackintosh. 

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