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squig⋅gle

[skwig-uhl] noun, verb, -gled, -gling.
–noun
1. a short, irregular curve or twist, as in writing or drawing.
–verb (used without object)
2. to move in or appear as squiggles: His handwriting squiggled across the page.
–verb (used with object)
3. to form in or cause to appear as squiggles; scribble.

Origin:
1830–40; b. squirm and wriggle


squiggly, adjective
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squig·gle   (skwĭg'əl)   
n.  A small wiggly mark or scrawl.
intr.v.   squig·gled, squig·gling, squig·gles
  1. To squirm and wriggle.

  2. To make squiggles.


[Perhaps blend of squirm and wiggle.]
squig'gly adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
squiggle [ˈskʍɪglæ]

  1. n.
    a wiggly mark. : That squiggle is my signature.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

squiggle  (v.)
1804, probably a blend of squirm and wriggle. The noun is first recorded 1902, from the verb. The noun is first recorded 1902.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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