Meaning

4 senses
  1. A short twisting or wiggling line or mark.

    закорю́чкаzakorjúčka, загогу́линаzagogúlina, крокозя́браkrokozjábra

    карлючкаkarljučka

    a short twisting line

  2. (informal)Synonym of tilde.

  3. An illegible scrawl.

    Gekritzel

    кара́кулиkarákuli, крокозя́брыkrokozjábry

    an illegible scrawl

  4. (rare)A burst of laughter.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. That's a squiggle, not legible handwriting.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a short twisting or wiggling line or mark:
Русский
By meaning 2
a short twisting or wiggling line or mark:
an illegible scrawl:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an illegible scrawl:

Origin

Probably a blend of squirm + wiggle.

Probably a blend of squirm + wiggle.

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Forms

plural: squiggles
Singularsquiggle
Pluralsquiggles

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsquiggly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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