Squiggle
noun
A short line that curves and loops in a random way.
He drew a squiggle on the paper and asked me what it looked like.
Often appears as...
- draw a squiggle
- random squiggle
verb
To write or draw making a continuous line of curves.
He squiggled his name on the page with a flourish.
Often appears as...
- squiggle your name
- squiggle on paper
noun
A short line that curves and loops in a random way.
He drew a squiggle on the paper and asked me what it looked like.
Often appears as...
- draw a squiggle
- random squiggle
verb
To write or draw making a continuous line of curves.
He squiggled his name on the page with a flourish.
Often appears as...
- squiggle your name
- squiggle on paper
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Use
Squiggle is more common in casual conversation than formal writing.
In a note to her friend, she used squiggles to decorate the margins.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Exact
A squiggle doesn't have a specific shape, it's random and unpredictable.
The child's drawing was full of colorful squiggles.
Pro Tip 3/3Expressive
Squiggles can express confusion, chaos, or a playful mood in visuals.
His comic strip characters had squiggles above their heads to show confusion.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Use
Squiggle is more common in casual conversation than formal writing.
In a note to her friend, she used squiggles to decorate the margins.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Exact
A squiggle doesn't have a specific shape, it's random and unpredictable.
The child's drawing was full of colorful squiggles.
Pro Tip 3/3Expressive
Squiggles can express confusion, chaos, or a playful mood in visuals.
His comic strip characters had squiggles above their heads to show confusion.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Use
Squiggle is more common in casual conversation than formal writing.
In a note to her friend, she used squiggles to decorate the margins.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Exact
A squiggle doesn't have a specific shape, it's random and unpredictable.
The child's drawing was full of colorful squiggles.
Pro Tip 3/3Expressive
Squiggles can express confusion, chaos, or a playful mood in visuals.
His comic strip characters had squiggles above their heads to show confusion.
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Sarah Ellis and Helen...
we were surprised by how much it stuck. It seemed to give people something that perhaps they didn't even know that they needed, a way of describing both their experiences and their aspirations. Someone even told us that they took our book, which has a big squiggle on the front of it, into a job interview,
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How to build a fictional...
that are strong enough not only to hold up a world that is completely invented by the author, but also to change the reader's perspective on the real world that resumes only when the final squiggle is reached? I'm not sure anyone knows the answer to that question,
Video examples
The Ancient Orchestra PIPE...
scientists and historians they call themselves first sounds and they figured out how to turn that squiggle into something that could be played back and here is the first sound that has ever been recorded by humanity
Video examples
Sarah Ellis and Helen...
we were surprised by how much it stuck. It seemed to give people something that perhaps they didn't even know that they needed, a way of describing both their experiences and their aspirations. Someone even told us that they took our book, which has a big squiggle on the front of it, into a job interview,
Video examples
How to build a fictional...
that are strong enough not only to hold up a world that is completely invented by the author, but also to change the reader's perspective on the real world that resumes only when the final squiggle is reached? I'm not sure anyone knows the answer to that question,
Video examples
The Ancient Orchestra PIPE...
scientists and historians they call themselves first sounds and they figured out how to turn that squiggle into something that could be played back and here is the first sound that has ever been recorded by humanity
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