a. [f. SQUIRM v.]
1. Given to squirming or writhing; wriggly.
1836. Haliburton, Clockm., Ser. I. xv. It makes them as squirmy as an eel.
1906. Macm. Mag., Sept., 810. You’ve got to put horrid squirmy things on to hooks first.
2. Of the nature of a squirm.
1885. Mrs. C. Praed, Affinities, I. ii. 29. If by laughing at me you can drive away the queer, squirmy sensation that has taken hold of me, I shall feel grateful to you.
