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squiggles

squiggles is the plural of squiggle.

Meaning of squiggle

Noun

squiggle (plural squiggles)

  1. A short twisting or wiggling line or mark.
    • 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
  2. (informal) Synonym of tilde.
    Synonyms:
    tilde
  3. An illegible scrawl.
  4. (rare) A burst of laughter.
    • […] 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

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Questions about squiggles

What is squiggles the plural of?
Squiggles is the plural of squiggle.

Words near squiggles in the dictionary

  1. squigging out
  2. squiggle
  3. squiggled
  4. squiggler
  5. squigglers
  6. squiggles
  7. squiggley
  8. squigglier
  9. squigglies
  10. squiggliest
  11. squiggliness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: squiggles (page history and authors); squiggle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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