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单词 squiggle
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squiggle

(skwɪgəl)
Word forms: plural squiggles
countable noun
A squiggle is a line that bends and curls in an irregular way.

squiggle in British English

(ˈskwɪɡəl)
noun
1. 
a mark or movement in the form of a wavy line; curlicue
2. 
an illegible scrawl
verb
3. (intransitive)
to wriggle
4. (intransitive)
to form or draw squiggles
5. (transitive)
to make into squiggles
Derived forms
squiggler (ˈsquiggler)
noun
squiggly (ˈsquiggly)
adjective
Word origin
C19: perhaps a blend of squirm + wiggle

squiggle in American English

(ˈskwɪgəl)
noun
1. 
a short curved or wavy line; curlicue
2. 
an illegible or meaningless scribble or scrawl
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈsquiggled or ˈsquiggling
3. 
to form into squiggles
4. 
to write as a squiggle or scrawl
verb intransitive
5. 
to make squiggles
6. 
to move with a squirming motion; wriggle
Derived forms
squiggly (ˈsquiggly)
adjective
Word origin
squirm + wiggle

Examples of 'squiggle' in a sentence
squiggle

I knew Marnier was right because Gio allowed a squiggle of emotion to play in his face.
Robert Wilson A DARKENING STAIN (2002)
I studied it carefully, remembering the loops and swirls of the squiggle on Grant's IOUs.
Wood, Ted SNOWJOB (2002)
`Paid in cash" and signed with a big theatrical squiggle that I couldn't read.
Wood, Ted SNOWJOB (2002)
This looks a lot more like an equation than an accidental squiggle.
Susan Elizabeth Phillips NOBODY'S BABY BUT MINE (2002)
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