SQUIGGLE

squiggle

(noun) an illegible scrawl; “his signature was just a squiggle but only he could make that squiggle”

squiggle, curlicue

(noun) a short twisting line

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

squiggle (plural squiggles)

a short twisting or wiggling line or mark

(informal) the tilde

an illegible scrawl

Verb

squiggle (third-person singular simple present squiggles, present participle squiggling, simple past and past participle squiggled) (ambitransitive)

to wriggle or squirm

to make a squiggle

to write (something) illegibly

To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed.

Anagrams

• Quiggles

Source: Wiktionary


Squig"gle, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. swiggle to drink greedily, to shake liquor in a close vessel, and E. sqig.]

Definition: To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.

Squig"gle, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Squirm, Wiggle.]

Definition: To move about like an eel; to squirm. [Low, U.S.] Bartlett.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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