worm

Meanings

• 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
• a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
• a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network
  • "worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers"
• screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
• to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

Synonyms

dirt ball, insect, louse, squirm, twist, wrestle, wriggle, writhe