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Definition of "squiggle" [squig•gle]

  • A small wiggly mark or scrawl. (noun)
  • To squirm and wriggle. (verb-intransitive)
  • To make squiggles. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "squiggle" in a sentence
  • "He is referring to the squiggle of shiny plastic detail filled with coloured ink."
  • "No first name, unless the squiggle was a first name."
  • "As I told you, I looked at that insane diagram with the squiggle to one side and I knew the diagram was me and the squiggle was a question mark."