squiggle
/ˈskwɪɡl̩/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To make a squiggle.
Example Sentences
- "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?"
- "[…] 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, […]"
- "[…] squiggles of laughter […]"
- "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."