squiggle

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as in to scribble
to write or draw hastily or carelessly there are some illegible notes squiggled in the margins of the old book

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Recent Examples of squiggle Grooves in the hillside squiggle down toward a pasture and bike path at its base. Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024 Home to 170,000 people, Prizren is considered the country’s cultural hub: picturesque bridges cross the eponymous river, and a warren of cobblestone paths squiggle out of the central plaza. Naomi Tomky, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Mar. 2024 The right-hand detour into VIR's inner loop comes up quickly, but the Sapphire's humongous 10-piston front brake calipers squeeze trackworthy carbon-ceramic rotors to haul this cruise missile smartly down to turn-in speed without a hint of squirm or squiggle. Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 26 Mar. 2023 Democrats who control the legislature have adopted a map with lines that squiggle snake-like across the state to swoop up Democratic voters and relegate Republicans to a few districts. chicagotribune.com, 10 Nov. 2021 See All Example Sentences for squiggle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squiggle
Verb
  • Her hand twitched from the heat.
    Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Any dairy farmer can tell you that biting flies are a pestilent scourge for cattle herds, which is why one so often sees cows throwing their heads, stamping their feet, flicking their tails, and twitching their skin—desperately trying to shake off the nasty creatures.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • People drift between venues, carrying tote bags, scribbling in notebooks, waiting in line for coffee or drinks.
    Javier Garcia del Moral September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • A lot of people scribbled down assessments of their players.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Notice: are people fidgeting, looking at their hands, or rolling their eyes?
    Anne Sugar, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The man fidgets, shifts around in his seat and fixates on Zarutska before pulling out a small knife and striking her multiple times around her neck.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One of them was scrawled in orange lettering across a mirror.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Apatow had with him a chaotic pile of notes—scrawled by hand, photocopied, clearly out of order, some upside down.
    Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Maddie—baggy hoodies tossed over an array of old tattoos, clearly carrying a heavy amount of life for her 28 years—gradually attempts to fill her daughter in on her own youth, treading a tightrope between honesty and delicacy.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Carelessness and accidents happen, however, so take some time with each season to go through items and toss anything that’s faded, shattered, or stopped working.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a horror movie, the sight of a leg being broken and the bone sticking out might be squirm-inducing but not out of bonds.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Still, Sabbath sounded amazing, the band’s distinctive vibe of limitless cosmic encumbrance, of Man squirming under the thumb of Fate, God, madness—the essential heavy-metal vision—somehow magnified by the venerable wobbliness of its playing.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • He, too, was bowled over by the film's tear-jerking finale.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Travis jerked open the door and slid on his butt down a wing that was on fire.
    Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the Royals wiggled out of late trouble with four late runs and secured the road win.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The dogs couldn't stand still, wiggling their bodies enthusiastically.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Squiggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squiggle. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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