Fishing Bait

noun a term of contempt for a cowardly or unscrupulous person

• The decomposing body was infested with maggots.
• Eww, there's a maggot crawling on the floor!
• I can't believe that maggot stole my lunch from the fridge.
• He's such a maggot, always looking for ways to take advantage of others.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

• The scientist was able to worm out of attending the conference by citing a scheduling conflict.
• She always manages to worm out of doing the dishes by claiming she's too tired.
• He tried to worm out of paying for the meal by pretending he forgot his wallet.
• The detective had to worm out of the suspect's alibi to uncover the truth.

noun a long, slender, soft-bodied invertebrate animal that moves by contracting and expanding its body segments

• The scientist studied the behavior of the nematode worm in the lab.
• I saw a worm crawling on the sidewalk this morning.
• Eww, there's a worm in my apple!
• The hacker used a worm to infiltrate the company's computer system.