Home › Words › S › squigglesquiggle/ˈskwɪɡl̩/squiggle means A short twisting or wiggling line or mark.squiggle is pronounced /ˈskwɪɡl̩/.EtymologyProbably a blend of squirm + wiggle.nounA short twisting or wiggling line or mark.e.g.“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?” — 1939, Flora Thompson, Lark Rise:Synonym of tilde.An illegible scrawl.A burst of laughter.e.g.“[…] she dodged out again and rejoined the fleeing band which was retiring down the street to a noisy accompaniment of feigned alarm, squiggles of meaningless laughter, […]” — 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:verbTo wriggle or squirm.e.g.“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.” — 1980 August 30, Tim Walton, “Queer Rights Strategy Argued in Quirky Dictionary”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 9:To make a squiggle.To write illegibly.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).