squiggle
Curvy little line
A squiggle is a short, wavy or curly line, typically drawn carelessly or playfully: The toddler's drawing was just a mess of squiggles.
Squiggles appear in doodles, signatures, and informal notation.
The word suggests something without precise form—random, wiggly marks rather than deliberate shapes.
As a verb, to squiggle is to make such marks or to move in a wriggling way.
Mindless rough sketch
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- scribbleWrite without care
- scrawlCareless, illegible writing
- lineContinuous mark or queue
stroke · mark · pencil · pen · ink · paper · margin · notebook
Having gentle curves
- curvyHaving smooth bends
- zigzagAngled back-and-forth path
- spiralCurve winding around center
- curlicueDecorative spiral stroke
serpentine · sinuous · meander · swirl · twist · coil · helix · undulate
Joined handwriting style
- illegibleCannot be read
- messyLacking order or neatness
- scrawlCareless, illegible writing
- signatureHandwritten name for verification
autograph · penmanship · flourish · script · lettering · notation · shorthand · hasty
doodle
Mindless rough sketch
line · stroke · mark · pencil · pen · ink · paper · margin · notebook · trace
wavy
Having gentle curves
curlicue · serpentine · sinuous · meander · swirl · twist · coil · helix · undulate · ripple
cursive
Joined handwriting style
signature · autograph · penmanship · flourish · script · lettering · notation · shorthand · hasty · rushed
irregular
Deviating from normal patterns
wobbly · trembling · quivering · unsteady · haphazard · unpredictable · jerky · twitchy · flickering · jumpy
whimsical
Playfully fanciful or erratic
fun · carefree · spontaneous · random · imperfect · charming · lighthearted · cartoony · informal · loose
- marksmark, blemish, blotch, stroke, seal of approval
- -le/-er verbsbabble, bubble, bumble, burble, crackle
- doodlesstick figure, smiley face, happy face, sad face, star
- wavy patternswavy line, sine wave, undulation, ripple, ripples
- Scribblesdoodle, scrawl, scribble, scratch, chicken scratch
- curvescurve, arc, curves, curls, curl
- squiggly lineCurved, irregular stroke
- red squiggly line