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to squiggle

to squiggle

1 4.4
To draw short wavy lines quickly, often as a doodle
  • verb
  • /ˈskwɪɡəl/
translation icon : garabatear
  • She made Pillsbury cinnamon rolls in the morning and let me squiggle on the icing.
  • squiggles and squirms
  • squiggling lines

It's just like a yeah, it, it the line just kind of squiggled down off the page.

Examples

  • And then just as the cheese is cooling, I like to squiggle on a little bit of salad cream.

  • Can you stop squiggling, please?

    Wish (2023)

  • Oh my God, let's see if maybe me squiggling it on to my arm will help.

  • Conor sits on the floor next to his wife and daughter, and Annah squiggles herself backward into Conor's lap.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • She likes to squiggle doodles in the margins of her notebook.

  • Can you squiggle your finger to draw a wavy line on the paper?

  • He squiggled the lines on the page, creating a playful design.

Synonyms

to scraggle
vsto squiggle
  • UK
8.9

To draw or write with uneven, untidy strokes

is wavy and playful, making smooth twisting marks rather than jagged ones

Antonyms

to straighten
114 2.5

Make something straight and in the right position

How Wavy

to squiggle
1 4.4
to wave
64 1.0
to curve
22 2.8
to draw
939 1.0

Surface Forms

squiggle infinitive
squiggled past
squiggled past participle
squiggling present participle
squiggles third person singular

Etymology

Squiggle as a verb comes from the same playful sound squig and is like the word wiggle, so a helpful way to remember it is that to squiggle is to 'make small, wavy or twisting marks' on paper or to move in a little twisting way.