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单词 squiggle
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Definition of squiggle in English:

squiggle

noun ˈskwɪɡ(ə)lˈskwɪɡəl
  • A short line that curls and loops in an irregular way.

    some prescriptions are a series of meaningless squiggles
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We had spent the last hour and a half trying to program our computer to make pretty patterns but all we got was a line, a squiggle and crashing computers.
    • She makes a series of squiggles - and when she's done I see that each is a circle with a perpendicular line.
    • Then, using a straw, get your child to blow the paint into funny lines and squiggles so all the colours mix and overlap.
    • From simple lines to curves, squiggles and intricate designs - she creates endless patterns in no time.
    • Those funny dots, lines, and squiggles help writers point the way.
    • Using the glass paints, make squiggles, dots or lines on the surface of the bottles.
    • I now have pages filled with meaningless strings of words, little diagrams, squiggles and waves.
    • Together, they drew lines, and squiggles, and circles, until the green crayon was exhausted.
    • The line with squiggles on it was said to represent the laying of carpet.
    • He tried to make out the name on the signature line, but all he got was an ‘M’ followed by a squiggle, and an ‘O’ followed by a longer squiggle with a big bump near the beginning.
    • Alternately, if you doubt your ability to draw, ask someone who can draw to do it for you, with you sitting there explaining what all of those strange lines and squiggles mean.
    • He pointed out a squiggle containing two loops drawn at the top of the page.
    • When a bat swoops overhead, Miller's laptop beeps and clicks, and corresponding lines and squiggles appear on the screen.
    • Opening up my textbook, I find a mass of lines, squiggles, and letters.
    • The powder came to my boot tops, and we never seemed to come close to our previous tracks, leaving long, gorgeous snow squiggles that stretched for miles.
    • The squeeze bottles quickly form squiggles, dots, and spirals on almost every dish, and they're even used for tasks like dressing salads that do not require their precision.
    • He always takes a torch pen along so he can see what he is writing - he learned very early that taking notes in the dark left a meaningless squiggle.
    • Most of the scratchy lines and squiggles visible here are the green patina of oxidized bronze, not a part of the original coin as cast.
    • I stared at the page of equations I had just finished, looking at the neat rows of numbers and seeing nothing but a blur of meaningless squiggles.
    • In about 30 seconds, cartoonist Rahnu can turn a spiral into a snail, a scribble into a bunny and a squiggle into a bird.
    Synonyms
    signature, autograph, cross, x, scribble, initials, imprint
verbˈskwɪɡ(ə)lˈskwɪɡəl
[no object]North American
  • 1Wriggle; squirm.

    a thin worm that squiggled in his palm
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Roguish building blocks appear to be recklessly stacked, squiggle across scoured plazas or bend upward or away as if seen through a curved lens.
    • But the par - 3 third is downhill, and suddenly we're in northern Minnesota, with narrow fairways lined by pines and cedars and Sand Creek squiggling across many holes.
    • ‘First meal at a fine restaurant,’ I speculated to myself, savoring a custardy bite of 1015 onion flan and spearing a spring onion, its green top squiggling across the plate and its tart beurre blanc gleaming in the sepia-toned light.
    • They (to switch to the gender-free plural) are also wont to niggle and squiggle over every jot and tittle.
    • At the sound of Eddie's complaint, Johnny walked and I hobbled into the sitting room where Eddie sat squiggling about in the seat trying to get comfortable.
    • He frowned and one eyebrow squiggled into a question mark.
    • He said: ‘I'm sick of the others wriggling and squiggling over it.’
    • Taile dug his fingers into Cali's ribs, causing him to squiggle around, laughing, his eyes opening.
    • I felt Allegra squiggling around inside me and I knew she was going to be remarkable.
    • He tries squiggling out from underneath me, but I am the Tickling Queen, and he fails.
    • Namazu squiggled over in his fish-waddle manner.
    • When I was laying there, squiggling around, I was anything but tired.
    • Sage stared in amazement as she was squiggling around, trying to get away.
    • She squiggled easily out of his grasp and chased after the ball, which was rolling across the floor.
    • However, if I start to squiggle please let me know.
    • Vanessa shrieked, bucking and squiggling, kicking and flailing.
    • She squiggled around on the easement, scuffing her new green sandals in the gravel.
    • We had some people in the drawing room, and Miss Dog was squiggling about on the floor being winsome.
    • Looks like it squiggled down near that bench over there.
    • I'm trying to reel them in and throw them squiggling into the boat.
    Synonyms
    meander, snake, twist, twist and turn, tack, wind, weave, wander, wiggle, undulate
    1. 1.1with object Squeeze (something) from a tube so as to make irregular, curly lines on a surface.
      I watched the girl squiggle yellow and red paint on the paper
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I squiggled the soap and made it into cakes to give to Mr. Toot and Husky.

Derivatives

  • squiggly

  • adjectivesquiggliest, squigglierˈskwɪɡ(ə)liˈskwɪɡ(ə)li
    • Although I had not intended to mention a slight problem with my right hand, the tone of his question made me tell him that I had some stiffness that was making my writing a bit squiggly.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I was always fascinated with the written word, even before I could read, and I must have recognised that there was something inherently magical about squiggly symbols organised in lines and packed together like corduroy.
      • I snapped, irritated, and bent over this journal again, watching my hand shake as I scribbled a long squiggly line across the lined pages.
      • The bündnerfleisch was well-paired with the cheese, which was shaved off the wheel into little squiggly slices somewhat resembling pencil shavings, of all things.
      • Watch for the blinking squiggly line and press a button when you see it.

Origin

Early 19th century: perhaps a blend of squirm and wiggle or wriggle.

Rhymes

giggle, higgle, jiggle, niggle, sniggle, wiggle, wriggle
 
 

Definition of squiggle in US English:

squiggle

nounˈskwɪɡəlˈskwiɡəl
  • A short line that curls and loops in an irregular way.

    some prescriptions are a series of meaningless squiggles
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Using the glass paints, make squiggles, dots or lines on the surface of the bottles.
    • Then, using a straw, get your child to blow the paint into funny lines and squiggles so all the colours mix and overlap.
    • He pointed out a squiggle containing two loops drawn at the top of the page.
    • He tried to make out the name on the signature line, but all he got was an ‘M’ followed by a squiggle, and an ‘O’ followed by a longer squiggle with a big bump near the beginning.
    • I now have pages filled with meaningless strings of words, little diagrams, squiggles and waves.
    • I stared at the page of equations I had just finished, looking at the neat rows of numbers and seeing nothing but a blur of meaningless squiggles.
    • The squeeze bottles quickly form squiggles, dots, and spirals on almost every dish, and they're even used for tasks like dressing salads that do not require their precision.
    • He always takes a torch pen along so he can see what he is writing - he learned very early that taking notes in the dark left a meaningless squiggle.
    • When a bat swoops overhead, Miller's laptop beeps and clicks, and corresponding lines and squiggles appear on the screen.
    • From simple lines to curves, squiggles and intricate designs - she creates endless patterns in no time.
    • In about 30 seconds, cartoonist Rahnu can turn a spiral into a snail, a scribble into a bunny and a squiggle into a bird.
    • Alternately, if you doubt your ability to draw, ask someone who can draw to do it for you, with you sitting there explaining what all of those strange lines and squiggles mean.
    • Most of the scratchy lines and squiggles visible here are the green patina of oxidized bronze, not a part of the original coin as cast.
    • The line with squiggles on it was said to represent the laying of carpet.
    • Those funny dots, lines, and squiggles help writers point the way.
    • We had spent the last hour and a half trying to program our computer to make pretty patterns but all we got was a line, a squiggle and crashing computers.
    • Opening up my textbook, I find a mass of lines, squiggles, and letters.
    • The powder came to my boot tops, and we never seemed to come close to our previous tracks, leaving long, gorgeous snow squiggles that stretched for miles.
    • Together, they drew lines, and squiggles, and circles, until the green crayon was exhausted.
    • She makes a series of squiggles - and when she's done I see that each is a circle with a perpendicular line.
    Synonyms
    signature, autograph, cross, x, scribble, initials, imprint
verbˈskwɪɡəlˈskwiɡəl
[no object]North American
  • 1Wriggle; squirm.

    a worm that squiggled in his palm
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She squiggled easily out of his grasp and chased after the ball, which was rolling across the floor.
    • However, if I start to squiggle please let me know.
    • He frowned and one eyebrow squiggled into a question mark.
    • We had some people in the drawing room, and Miss Dog was squiggling about on the floor being winsome.
    • I'm trying to reel them in and throw them squiggling into the boat.
    • Looks like it squiggled down near that bench over there.
    • He said: ‘I'm sick of the others wriggling and squiggling over it.’
    • Roguish building blocks appear to be recklessly stacked, squiggle across scoured plazas or bend upward or away as if seen through a curved lens.
    • Vanessa shrieked, bucking and squiggling, kicking and flailing.
    • Namazu squiggled over in his fish-waddle manner.
    • At the sound of Eddie's complaint, Johnny walked and I hobbled into the sitting room where Eddie sat squiggling about in the seat trying to get comfortable.
    • They (to switch to the gender-free plural) are also wont to niggle and squiggle over every jot and tittle.
    • He tries squiggling out from underneath me, but I am the Tickling Queen, and he fails.
    • When I was laying there, squiggling around, I was anything but tired.
    • She squiggled around on the easement, scuffing her new green sandals in the gravel.
    • Sage stared in amazement as she was squiggling around, trying to get away.
    • But the par - 3 third is downhill, and suddenly we're in northern Minnesota, with narrow fairways lined by pines and cedars and Sand Creek squiggling across many holes.
    • Taile dug his fingers into Cali's ribs, causing him to squiggle around, laughing, his eyes opening.
    • I felt Allegra squiggling around inside me and I knew she was going to be remarkable.
    • ‘First meal at a fine restaurant,’ I speculated to myself, savoring a custardy bite of 1015 onion flan and spearing a spring onion, its green top squiggling across the plate and its tart beurre blanc gleaming in the sepia-toned light.
    Synonyms
    meander, snake, twist, twist and turn, tack, wind, weave, wander, wiggle, undulate
    1. 1.1with object Squeeze (something) from a tube so as to make irregular, curly lines on a surface.
      I watched the girl squiggle yellow and red paint on the paper
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I squiggled the soap and made it into cakes to give to Mr. Toot and Husky.

Origin

Early 19th century: perhaps a blend of squirm and wiggle or wriggle.

 
 
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