Squiggle

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪɡəl

Origin

Full definition of squiggle

Noun

1. a short twisting or wiggling line or mark
• 1939, Flora Thompson, Lark RiseEven the cold ashes where a gipsy's fire had been sent little squiggles of fear down Laura's spine, for how could she know that they were not still lurking near with designs upon her own person?
2. (informal) the tilde
3. an illegible scrawl

Verb

1. to wriggle or squirm
2. to make a squiggle
3. to write (something) illegibly
4. To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed.

Derived terms

• squiggly