In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
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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