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# squiggle

noun (a squiggle, squiggles); verb (squiggle, squiggles, squiggled, squiggling)

«squiggle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A squiggle is a short wavy or curly line, especially one drawn quickly or messily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squiggle/#m1)
2. (verb) To squiggle means to draw such lines, or to wriggle or twist about. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squiggle/#m2)

### In the lessons

In art and handwriting lessons squiggles are scribbles; in maths a squiggle "~" (tilde) can mean "about" or "approximately" in notes. In stories it describes messy writing or wriggling worms. Phrases: "draw a squiggle", "squiggly line", "a squiggle of icing".

### Examples

- The baby drew squiggles all over the paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squiggle/#x1)
- Can you turn this squiggle into a picture? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squiggle/#x2)
- The teacher couldn't read my squiggles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squiggle/#x3)
- She put a squiggle of icing on each cupcake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squiggle/#x4)
- The worm squiggled across the path. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squiggle/#x5)
- A red squiggly line under a word on the computer means it may be spelled wrongly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squiggle/#x6)
- His signature is just a squiggle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squiggle/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Adjective: squiggly. Informal and fun word. "The squiggle game" is a drawing game where you turn a random line into a picture.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «squiggle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squiggle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«squiggle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/squiggle.html) on Mova free.