noun
Meaning 1
A short twisting or wiggling line or mark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
squiggle
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈskwɪɡl̩/
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rhymes with -ɪɡəl
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CMU ARPABET: S K W IH1 G AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Synonym of tilde.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Synonyms: tilde
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An illegible scrawl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A burst of laughter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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verb
Meaning 5
To wriggle or squirm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To make a squiggle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To write illegibly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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noun
Meaning 8
an illegible scrawl
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his signature was just a squiggle but only he could make that squiggle
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scribble, scratch, scrawl, cacography
noun
Meaning 9
a short twisting line
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: curlicue
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: line
History
Etymology
Probably a blend of squirm + wiggle.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: завъртулка (zavǎrtulka) — a short twisting or wiggling line or mark
- Czech: klikyhák — a short twisting or wiggling line or mark
- Czech: kudrlinka — a short twisting or wiggling line or mark
- Finnish: pukinsorkka — a short twisting or wiggling line or mark
- Hungarian: krikszkraksz — a short twisting or wiggling line or mark
- Italian: tilde — a short twisting or wiggling line or mark
- Polish: zawijas — a short twisting or wiggling line or mark
- Russian: закорю́чка (zakorjúčka) — a short twisting or wiggling line or mark
- Russian: загогу́лина (zagogúlina) — a short twisting or wiggling line or mark
- Russian: крокозя́бра (krokozjábra) — a short twisting or wiggling line or mark
- Spanish: tilde — a short twisting or wiggling line or mark
- Ukrainian: карлючка (karljučka) — a short twisting or wiggling line or mark
- Bulgarian: драсканица (draskanica) — an illegible scrawl
- Czech: klikyhák — an illegible scrawl
- Czech: škrabopis — an illegible scrawl
- Czech: čmáranice — an illegible scrawl
- Finnish: harakanvarvas — an illegible scrawl
- German: Gekritzel — an illegible scrawl
- Hungarian: macskakaparás — an illegible scrawl
- Hungarian: krikszkraksz — an illegible scrawl
- Hungarian: ákombákom — an illegible scrawl
- Russian: кара́кули (karákuli) — an illegible scrawl
- Russian: крокозя́бры (krokozjábry) — an illegible scrawl
- Serbo-Croatian: шкработина — an illegible scrawl
- Serbo-Croatian: жврљотина — an illegible scrawl
- Serbo-Croatian: škrabotina — an illegible scrawl
- Serbo-Croatian: žvrljotina — an illegible scrawl
- Bulgarian: пиша неразбрано (piša nerazbrano) — to write (something) illegibly
- Czech: čmárat — to write (something) illegibly
- Czech: načmárat — to write (something) illegibly
- Czech: čmárat klikyháky — to write (something) illegibly
- Finnish: raapustaa — to write (something) illegibly
- French: griffonner — to write (something) illegibly
- German: kritzeln — to write (something) illegibly
- Russian: цара́пать (carápatʹ) — to write (something) illegibly
- Russian: шкря́бать (škrjábatʹ) — to write (something) illegibly
- Serbo-Croatian: нашкрабати — to write (something) illegibly
- Serbo-Croatian: нажврљати — to write (something) illegibly
- Serbo-Croatian: naškrabati — to write (something) illegibly
- Serbo-Croatian: nažvrljati — to write (something) illegibly