"squiggley" meaning in English

See squiggley in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: squigglier [comparative], squiggliest [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} squiggley (comparative squigglier, superlative squiggliest)
  1. Alternative spelling of squiggly. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: squiggly
    Sense id: en-squiggley-en-adj-qgXo2cEc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "“Boy, this is just like a video arcade,” yells Frank, move up to the word processor and poke a button or two. “Which one do I push to shoot down all those squiggley things?”",
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          "ref": "2005, Belinda Rathbone, “These Woods, These Cultur’d Plains”, in The Guynd: A Scottish Journal, New York, N.Y.: Quantuck Lane Press, →ISBN, pages 133–134:",
          "text": "A beech tree, he told us, could also be valuable if it was “spolted,” that is, when the rot from fungi penetrates into the wood and draws interesting squiggley lines.",
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          "ref": "2010, Matthew Levesque, “Using Thumbnails for Design Ideas”, in The Revolutionary Yardscape: Ideas for Repurposing Local Materials to Create Containers, Pathways, Lighting, and More, Portland, Ore.; London: Timber Press, →ISBN, chapter 4 (Walk on This), page 69, column 2:",
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