squiggle

(skwigəl)

noun

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

Origin: squ(irm) + (w)iggle

transitive verb squiggled, squiggling

  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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See squiggle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A small wiggly mark or scrawl.
intransitive verb squig·gled, squig·gling, squig·gles
  1. To squirm and wriggle.
  2. To make squiggles.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps blend of squirm

Origin: and wiggle

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Related Forms:

  • squigˈgly adjective

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