- a mark or movement in the form of a wavy line; curlicue
- an illegible scrawl
- (intransitive) to wriggle
- (intransitive) to form or draw squiggles
- (transitive) to make into squiggles
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
squig•gle /ˈskwɪgəl/USA pronunciation
n., v., -gled, -gling.
n. [countable]
v.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026n. [countable]
- a short, irregular curve or twist, as in drawing.
v.
- [no object] to move in or appear as squiggles.
- [~ + object] to form in or cause to appear as squiggles;
scribble.
squig•gle
(skwig′əl),USA pronunciation n., v., -gled, -gling.
n.
v.i.
v.t.
squig′gly, adj.
n.
- a short, irregular curve or twist, as in writing or drawing.
v.i.
- to move in or appear as squiggles:His handwriting squiggled across the page.
v.t.
- to form in or cause to appear as squiggles;
scribble.
- blend of, blended squirm and wriggle 1830–40
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squiggle /ˈskwɪɡəl/ n
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