Meaning & use
squiggle
A short, irregular curving line or scribble, often made carelessly or without a clear shape.
See it in a sentence
The toddler covered the page with colorful squiggles instead of letters.
He added a quick squiggle under his signature just before mailing the letter.
A note on using this word
Squiggle is informal and usually describes something drawn quickly or without careful control, unlike a deliberate line.
Words with a similar meaning
scrawlscribbledoodle
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