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Meaning:

acronym:

  • computing Write Once Read Many, a type of disc drive. See write once.

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Noun:

  • A contemptible or devious being.
  • A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum.
  • An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.
  • Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
  • archaic A dragon or mythological serpent.
  • computing A self-replicating program that propagates widely through a network.
  • cricket A graphical representation of the total runs scored in an innings.

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Verb:

  • figurative To work one's way by artful or devious means.
  • intransitive To move with one's body dragging the ground.
  • figurative To obtain information from someone through artful or devious means (usually used with ''out of'')
  • figurative To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.
  • nautical To fill in the parcelling and serving.
  • transitive To deworm an animal.
  • transitive To make (one's way) with a crawling motion.

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