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scriggle

scriggle verb: to squirm, wriggle or squiggle.

Verb

scriggle (third-person singular simple present scriggles, present participle scriggling, simple past and past participle scriggled)

  1. (UK, dialectal) To squirm, wriggle or squiggle.
  2. (rare) To scribble, jot.

Noun

scriggle (plural scriggles)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A wriggling motion.

Forms of scriggle

Verb
third-person singular presentscriggles
present participlescriggling
past participlescriggled
pastscriggled
Noun
pluralscriggles

Questions about scriggle

What does scriggle mean?
Scriggle means to squirm, wriggle or squiggle.
What part of speech is scriggle?
Scriggle can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of scriggle?
The past tense of scriggle is scriggled.

Words near scriggle in the dictionary

  1. scrieve boards
  2. scrieve knife
  3. scrieved
  4. scrieves
  5. scrieving
  6. scriggle
  7. scriggled
  8. scriggles
  9. scriggling
  10. scriggly
  11. scrike

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