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squiggle definition

squig·gle (skwig′əl)

noun

  1. a short curved or wavy line; curlicue
  2. an illegible or meaningless scribble or scrawl

Etymology: squ(irm) + (w)iggle

transitive verb squiggled -·gled, squiggling -·gling

  1. to form into squiggles
  2. to write as a squiggle or scrawl

intransitive verb

  1. to make squiggles
  2. to move with a squirming motion; wriggle

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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