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One who can't stay still (especially a child)
Answer for the clue "One who can't stay still (especially a child) ", 8 letters:
squirmer
Word definitions for squirmer in dictionaries
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The squirmer is a model for a spherical microswimmer swimming in Stokes flow . The squirmer model was introduced by James Lighthill in 1952 and refined and used to model Paramecium by John Blake in 1971. Blake used the squirmer model to describe the flow ...
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n. One who, or that which, squirms.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. one who can't stay still (especially a child); "the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips" [syn: wiggler , wriggler ]
Usage examples of squirmer.
Young lads of that age were scufflers and squirmers at table in the company she knew.
He put out his hand carefully and stroked the nearest of the hatchlings, a mottled little squirmer who jumped at his touch and struck at his fingers with still-soft claws.
He shoveled more squirmers into his mouth, then clamped his lips shut and began using one of his thick, blunt fingers to poke in the squirmer parts that were still sticking out.
What comes back are floaters and wrigglers and squirmers, none bigger than a little finger.
Who could have known that the ugly squirmers would pop out of their container, all ready to start eating?
He scooped a large handful of squirmers out of the bowl in front of him.