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单词 squiggle
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squiggle

[ skwig-uhl ]
/ ˈskwɪg əl /
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noun

a short, irregular curve or twist, as in writing or drawing.

verb (used without object), squig·gled, squig·gling.

to move in or appear as squiggles: His handwriting squiggled across the page.

verb (used with object), squig·gled, squig·gling.

to form in or cause to appear as squiggles; scribble.

Origin of squiggle

1830–40; blend of squirm and wriggle

OTHER WORDS FROM squiggle

squiggly, adjective

Words nearby squiggle

squib kick, squid, squidgy, squiffed, squiffy, squiggle, squilgee, squill, squilla, squillagee, squillion
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  • One person draws a squiggle on a Post-It, the other tries to make it into something real.

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  • The heart is a five, the dot a zero, and backward sevens with one squiggle are twos.

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British Dictionary definitions for squiggle

squiggle
/ (ˈskwɪɡəl) /

noun

a mark or movement in the form of a wavy line; curlicue
an illegible scrawl

verb

(intr) to wriggle
(intr) to form or draw squiggles
(tr) to make into squiggles

Derived forms of squiggle

squiggler, nounsquiggly, adjective

Word Origin for squiggle

C19: perhaps a blend of squirm + wiggle
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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