Meaning

3 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To wriggle or squirm.

  2. (ambitransitive)To make a squiggle.

  3. (ambitransitive)To write illegibly.

    kritzeln

    цара́патьcarápatʹ, шкря́батьškrjábatʹ

Examples

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

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to write (something) illegibly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to write (something) illegibly:

Origin

Probably a blend of squirm + wiggle.

Probably a blend of squirm + wiggle.

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Forms

squiggles, squiggling, squiggled, squiggled
Base formsquiggle · to squiggle
3rd person singularsquiggles
Present participlesquiggling
Past simplesquiggled
Past participlesquiggled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysquiggle
he, she, itsquiggles

Past simpleLesson

all personssquiggled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave squiggled
he, she, ithas squiggled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill squiggle

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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