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squiggle
/ˈskwɪɡl̩/
noun 3verb 3
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1ADJ.
legible
Definitions
noun
1
A short twisting or wiggling line or mark.
Even the cold ashes where a gipsy's fire had been sent little squiggles of fear down Laura's spine, for how could she know that they were not still lurking near with designs upon her own person?
2
Synonym of tilde.
3
An illegible scrawl.
verb
1
To wriggle or squirm.
When I was coming of age in the '60s, I squirmed and squiggled not to be pinned down by that great transfixer "the homosexual" which American psychiatry had made into such a weighty implement.
2
To make a squiggle.
3
To write illegibly.
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noun — a short twisting line
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Even the cold ashes where a gipsy's fire had been sent little squiggles of fear down Laura's spine, for how could she know that they were not still lurking near with designs upon her own person?
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When I was coming of age in the '60s, I squirmed and squiggled not to be pinned down by that great transfixer "the homosexual" which American psychiatry had made into such a weighty implement.
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That's a squiggle, not legible handwriting.
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