squiggly
Americanadjective
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forming or containing short, often irregular curves or twists, as in writing or drawing.
The bedsheets feature bright, happy colors, with fun polka-dot, squiggly, and swirly prints.
If your screen shows no squiggly lines under the words, from the automatic spelling and grammar check, you’ve written a good letter.
Etymology
Origin of squiggly
First recorded in 1890–95; squigg(le) ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“The groomsmen look like lost members of 98 Degrees, wearing squiggly goatees and gummy-worm braids.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025
Released on Friday, it's packed full of off-kilter lyrics and squiggly synth lines that burrow into your brain.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025
The less evenly distributed the squiggly proteins are, the curlier the hair.
From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2023
The show also debuts a selection of squiggly drawings on paper, the medium where Jacobs got his start: The brushy black-and-gray rings, in a quaint midcentury mode, underscore the expressiveness veining his rigorous work.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023
That the squiggly lines represent the “topography” of the park, or the ups and downs of the ground.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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