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Squiggle

/ˈskwɪɡl̩/

A short twisting or wiggling line or mark

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noun
  1. 1

    A short twisting or wiggling line or mark

  2. 2

    The tilde

  3. 3

    An illegible scrawl

verb
  1. 1

    To wriggle or squirm

  2. 2

    To make a squiggle

  3. 3

    To write (something) illegibly

  4. 4

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

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WordDefinition
curlicuenounA fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of spirals and loops.

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curlicuenounA fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of spirals and loops.
squigglernounAnything that squiggles.
scriggleverb(UK, dialect) To squirm, wriggle or squiggle.
wigglingnounThe motion of something that wiggles.
wigglenounA rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.
wagglenounA wobbling motion.
wrigglernounAnything that wriggles (literally or figuratively).
squidgenoun(informal) A tight space; squeeze.
wigglernounAnything that wiggles.
swignoun(by extension) A long draught from a drink.
squirmnounA twisting, snakelike movement of the body.
jigglingverbA motion that jiggles.
quirklenoun(dialectal) A twist.
wigglesnounThe tendency to squirm or be restless.
swashnoun(technical) The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
squirmingverbThe motion of something that squirms.
scribble-scrabblenounScribbly writing or drawing; scrawl.
wagglingverbThe act of something being waggled.
squirmagenoun(slang) The act of squirming.
squizzleverb(transitive) To squirt out.

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