"squiggle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskwɪɡl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-squiggle.wav Forms: squiggles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡəl Etymology: Probably a blend of squirm + wiggle. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|squirm|wiggle|nocap=1}} blend of squirm + wiggle Head templates: {{en-noun}} squiggle (plural squiggles)
  1. A short twisting or wiggling line or mark. Translations (a short twisting or wiggling line or mark): завъртулка (zavǎrtulka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pukinsorkka (Finnish), krikszkraksz (Hungarian), tilde [feminine] (Italian), закорю́чка (zakorjúčka) [feminine] (Russian), загогу́лина (zagogúlina) [feminine] (Russian), крокозя́бра (krokozjábra) [feminine] (Russian), tilde (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-squiggle-en-noun-PHpOV0Xu Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 13 6 19 21 17 23 Disambiguation of 'a short twisting or wiggling line or mark': 99 0 1
  2. (informal) Synonym of tilde. Tags: informal Synonyms: tilde [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-squiggle-en-noun-9z-B8tpq Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 35 7 7 5 40
  3. An illegible scrawl. Translations (an illegible scrawl): драсканица (draskanica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), harakanvarvas (Finnish), Gekritzel [neuter] (German), macskakaparás (Hungarian), krikszkraksz (Hungarian), ákombákom (Hungarian), кара́кули (karákuli) [feminine, plural] (Russian), крокозя́бры (krokozjábry) [feminine, plural] (Russian), шкработина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), жврљотина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), škrabotina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), žvrljotina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-squiggle-en-noun-tDrh9YP0 Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 13 6 19 21 17 23 Disambiguation of 'an illegible scrawl': 1 1 98

Verb

IPA: /ˈskwɪɡl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-squiggle.wav Forms: squiggles [present, singular, third-person], squiggling [participle, present], squiggled [participle, past], squiggled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪɡəl Etymology: Probably a blend of squirm + wiggle. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|squirm|wiggle|nocap=1}} blend of squirm + wiggle Head templates: {{en-verb}} squiggle (third-person singular simple present squiggles, present participle squiggling, simple past and past participle squiggled), {{tlb|en|ambitransitive}} (transitive, intransitive)
  1. To wriggle or squirm. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-squiggle-en-verb-fwhrSN9~ Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 13 6 19 21 17 23
  2. To make a squiggle. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-squiggle-en-verb-mD5MLHhe Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 13 6 19 21 17 23
  3. To write illegibly. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to write (something) illegibly): пиша неразбрано (piša nerazbrano) (Bulgarian), raapustaa (Finnish), griffonner (French), kritzeln (German), цара́пать (carápatʹ) (Russian), шкря́бать (škrjábatʹ) (Russian), нашкрабати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), нажврљати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), naškrabati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nažvrljati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-squiggle-en-verb-dSoGm4ov Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English blends: 13 6 19 21 17 23 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 22 4 5 4 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 6 11 12 10 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 9 7 8 6 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 6 6 5 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 23 8 8 6 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 23 8 8 6 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 7 11 12 11 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 10 10 10 7 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 35 7 7 5 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 9 9 10 7 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 9 9 10 7 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 8 22 8 8 6 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 6 8 9 8 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 8 23 8 8 6 48 Disambiguation of 'to write (something) illegibly': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: squiggly, squirl

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Even the cold ashes where a gipsy's fire had been sent little squiggles of fear down Laura's spine, for how could she know that they were not still lurking near with designs upon her own person?",
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          "sense": "an illegible scrawl",
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          "word": "Gekritzel"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          ],
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        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "krokozjábry",
          "sense": "an illegible scrawl",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
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        },
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          "sense": "an illegible scrawl",
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          "sense": "an illegible scrawl",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "squiggly"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "squirl"
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          "ref": "1980 August 30, Tim Walton, “Queer Rights Strategy Argued in Quirky Dictionary”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 9:",
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "piša nerazbrano",
          "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
          "word": "пиша неразбрано"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
          "word": "raapustaa"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
          "word": "griffonner"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
          "word": "kritzeln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "carápatʹ",
          "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
          "word": "цара́пать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "škrjábatʹ",
          "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
          "word": "шкря́бать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
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        },
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "нажврљати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
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          "word": "naškrabati"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
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            "Roman"
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          "word": "nažvrljati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "note": "шкря́бати (škrjábaty, literally “to scratch”)",
          "sense": "to write (something) illegibly"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "rhymes": "-ɪɡəl"
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    "English blends",
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
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          "ref": "1939, Flora Thompson, Lark Rise:",
          "text": "Even the cold ashes where a gipsy's fire had been sent little squiggles of fear down Laura's spine, for how could she know that they were not still lurking near with designs upon her own person?",
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        "Synonym of tilde."
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        "(informal) Synonym of tilde."
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      "glosses": [
        "An illegible scrawl."
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      "rhymes": "-ɪɡəl"
    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zavǎrtulka",
      "sense": "a short twisting or wiggling line or mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "завъртулка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a short twisting or wiggling line or mark",
      "word": "pukinsorkka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a short twisting or wiggling line or mark",
      "word": "krikszkraksz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a short twisting or wiggling line or mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tilde"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakorjúčka",
      "sense": "a short twisting or wiggling line or mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "закорю́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zagogúlina",
      "sense": "a short twisting or wiggling line or mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "загогу́лина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krokozjábra",
      "sense": "a short twisting or wiggling line or mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крокозя́бра"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a short twisting or wiggling line or mark",
      "word": "tilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "draskanica",
      "sense": "an illegible scrawl",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "драсканица"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an illegible scrawl",
      "word": "harakanvarvas"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an illegible scrawl",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gekritzel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an illegible scrawl",
      "word": "macskakaparás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an illegible scrawl",
      "word": "krikszkraksz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an illegible scrawl",
      "word": "ákombákom"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "karákuli",
      "sense": "an illegible scrawl",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "кара́кули"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krokozjábry",
      "sense": "an illegible scrawl",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "крокозя́бры"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "an illegible scrawl",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шкработина"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "an illegible scrawl",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жврљотина"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "an illegible scrawl",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "škrabotina"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "an illegible scrawl",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "žvrljotina"
    }
  ],
  "word": "squiggle"
}

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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "squiggly"
    },
    {
      "word": "squirl"
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        {
          "ref": "1980 August 30, Tim Walton, “Queer Rights Strategy Argued in Quirky Dictionary”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 9:",
          "text": "When I was coming of age in the '60s, I squirmed and squiggled not to be pinned down by that great transfixer \"the homosexual\" which American psychiatry had made into such a weighty implement.",
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        "To wriggle or squirm."
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          "squirm",
          "squirm"
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        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
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        "To make a squiggle."
      ],
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        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To write illegibly."
      ],
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        [
          "write",
          "write"
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      ],
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        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-ɪɡəl"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "piša nerazbrano",
      "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
      "word": "пиша неразбрано"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
      "word": "raapustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
      "word": "griffonner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
      "word": "kritzeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "carápatʹ",
      "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
      "word": "цара́пать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "škrjábatʹ",
      "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
      "word": "шкря́бать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "нашкрабати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "нажврљати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
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      "word": "naškrabati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to write (something) illegibly",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nažvrljati"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "note": "шкря́бати (škrjábaty, literally “to scratch”)",
      "sense": "to write (something) illegibly"
    }
  ],
  "word": "squiggle"
}

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