That's a squiggle, not legible handwriting.
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Squiggle
//ˈskwɪɡl̩//
Synonyms for "squiggle" (11 found)
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Translations
35 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- драсканица noun (an illegible scrawl)
- завъртулка noun (a short twisting or wiggling line or mark)
- пиша неразбрано verb (to write (something) illegibly)
Czech
4 entries- klikyhák noun (a short twisting or wiggling line or mark)
- klikyhák noun (an illegible scrawl)
- čmáranice noun (an illegible scrawl)
- škrabopis noun (an illegible scrawl)
Finnish
3 entries- harakanvarvas noun (an illegible scrawl)
- pukinsorkka noun (a short twisting or wiggling line or mark)
- raapustaa verb (to write (something) illegibly)
French
1 entries- griffonner verb (to write (something) illegibly)
German
2 entries- Gekritzel noun (an illegible scrawl)
- kritzeln verb (to write (something) illegibly)
Hungarian
4 entries- krikszkraksz noun (a short twisting or wiggling line or mark)
- krikszkraksz noun (an illegible scrawl)
- macskakaparás noun (an illegible scrawl)
- ákombákom noun (an illegible scrawl)
Italian
1 entries- tilde noun (a short twisting or wiggling line or mark)
Russian
4 entries- загогу́лина noun (a short twisting or wiggling line or mark)
- закорю́чка noun (a short twisting or wiggling line or mark)
- кара́кули noun (an illegible scrawl)
- крокозя́бра noun (a short twisting or wiggling line or mark)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- škrabotina noun (an illegible scrawl)
- žvrljotina noun (an illegible scrawl)
- жврљотина noun (an illegible scrawl)
- шкработина noun (an illegible scrawl)
Spanish
1 entries- tilde noun (a short twisting or wiggling line or mark)
Ukrainian
1 entries- карлючка noun (a short twisting or wiggling line or mark)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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?
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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