squiggle
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Synonyms for squiggle
Synonyms: Verb
fiddle, fidget, jerk, jig, jiggle, squirm, thrash, thresh, toss, twist, twitch, wiggle, wriggle, writhe
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Examples of squiggle in a Sentence
Verb
a pediatrician's waiting room full of squiggling toddlers there are some illegible notes squiggled in the margins of the old bookNoun
His handwriting looks like a bunch of squiggles.
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The tadpoles of western toads squiggle, and water skeeters perform a graceful backwoods ballet. — Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, "Battling Scotch broom along Olympicâs Hoh River that threatens fish, forests," 27 May 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Some parts of central Athens are so afflicted with graffiti â largely undecipherable squiggles in bold, broad strokes â that few facades remain untouched and property owners give up on repainting. — Washington Post, "Kilroy was here: Athens walls awash in painted squiggles," 17 Aug. 2019 One player draws a random shape on a page and the other must finish the drawing, turning the squiggle into something recognizable. — Ivan Brett, New York Times, "5 Games to Help Make Your Vacation Great," 23 July 2019 In puddle-deep tracks next to the levees the endless squiggles of Florida bladderwort, an aquatic plant, kept looking like snakes, and werenât. — Gena Steffens, Smithsonian, "The Snakes That Ate Florida," 11 July 2019 The process starts with the longline being baited and draped out in tight squiggle across the waters of the Bering Sea. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, "We Tried it: Tracing a Natural, Sustainable Pet Food to Its Source Out in Alaska's Bering Sea," 25 June 2019 Each card displays a different design with four attributes â color (which can be red, purple or green), shape (oval, diamond or squiggle), shading (solid, striped or outlined) and number (one, two or three copies of the shape). — Quanta Magazine, "Simple Set Game Proof Stuns Mathematicians," 31 May 2016 Why did adidas feel the need to plaster Schalke's 1992/93 home kit with seemingly random squiggles that had no place being there? — SI.com, "50 Worst Football Shirts of All Time," 3 July 2019 Grab a bold, black liquid liner and squiggle out a groovy line across both lids (because drawing inside the lines is overrated). — Jenna Rennert, Vogue, "7 Easy and Festive Makeup Ideas To Amp Up Any Holiday Party," 22 Dec. 2018 Thick fluids form straight lines when being spread rapidly across a canvas, but will form loops and squiggles and figure eights if poured slowly. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Study: modern masters like Jackson Pollock were âintuitive physicistsâ," 26 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'squiggle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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