squiggled

verb

past tense of squiggle
1
as in tossed
to make jerky or restless movements a pediatrician's waiting room full of squiggling toddlers

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2
as in scribbled
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 squiggled For me, this breakfast isn’t complete without a healthy squirt of sriracha squiggled across the entire plate. — Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 July 2026 The cake is gingery, light and moist, squiggled with thick cream cheese frosting. — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squiggled
  1. tossed
  2. scribbled
  3. fidgeted
  4. scrawled
  5. twitched
  6. jerked
  7. squirmed
  8. twisted
Verb
  • So, Doncic just tossed up the three-pointer from the three-point line on the Portland side of the court that banked in as time expired.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Turbulence tossed it up and down by 700 feet (200 meters), but the situation quickly escalated as the aircraft fell at breathtaking speed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of tossed
Verb
  • Activists and residents in various parts of the city — and elsewhere in the Balkan country — have self-organized to paint over anti-student graffiti that were scribbled on buildings during the tense campaign ahead of the ballot.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The summit register revealed roughly 40 names scribbled over the past decade, or what amounts to three or four people annually.
    — Josh Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of scribbled
Verb
  • Leaning against a desk, Thune fidgeted constantly as the chamber voted and the president's arrival neared.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • One woman ordered some home furniture while two children fidgeted nearby.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of fidgeted
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  • Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and xAI’s Elon Musk scrawled their names in erratic cursive.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The show is arranged in eight parts and begins with a large white wall at the entrance with the title of the show scrawled in RM’s handwriting.
    — Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of scrawled
Verb
  • Just then, Chee Meng’s fishing rod twitched, and the line began to run out.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of twitched
Verb
  • During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Somewhere nearby, in a dark office, an eavesdropping oreja has just jerked to attention on his hard little chair.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of jerked
Verb
  • His wife Thessa was checking her phone and vaping in the next room when the child squirmed through the opening and fell.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Erling Haaland headed City level in the second half, but Jackson got his second and the winner with a first-time finish that squirmed under goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of squirmed
Verb
  • The rat bit and tore and scratched while the snake twisted and flailed.
    — Madeline ffitch, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
  • After the hair is parted into sections, each section is twisted or braided.
    — Eden Stuart, Allure, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of twisted

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“Squiggled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squiggled. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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