squiggle

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: squig=gle

CIDE DICTIONARY

squiggle, v. i. [Cf. Prov. E. swiggle to drink greedily, to shake liquor in a close vessel, and E. swig.].

 To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed.  Forby.  [1913 Webster]

squiggle, v. i. [Cf. Squirm, Wiggle.].

 To move about like an eel; to squirm.  Bartlett.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

squiggle, n. & v.
--n. a short curly line, esp. in handwriting or doodling.
--v.
1 tr. write in a squiggly manner; scrawl.
2 intr. wriggle, squirm.

Derivative

squiggly adj.

Etymology

imit.