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squiggle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun squiggle has 2 senses
- squiggle(n = noun.communication) curlicue - a short twisting line; Array is a kind of line
- squiggle(n = noun.communication) Array - an illegible scrawl; "his signature was just a squiggle but only he could make that squiggle" is a kind of cacography, scratch, scrawl, scribble
Derived form adjective squiggly1
Derived form adjective squiggly1
CIDE DICTIONARY
squiggle, v. i. [Cf. Prov. E. swiggle to drink greedily, to shake liquor in a close vessel, and E. swig.].
To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed. Forby. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
squiggle, n. & v.
--n. a short curly line, esp. in handwriting or doodling.
--v.
1 tr. write in a squiggly manner; scrawl.
2 intr. wriggle, squirm.
--n. a short curly line, esp. in handwriting or doodling.
--v.
1 tr. write in a squiggly manner; scrawl.
2 intr. wriggle, squirm.
Derivative
squiggly adj.
Etymology
imit.
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