squiggling
Making wavy lines
Squiggling is making squiggles—wavy, irregular lines or marks.
A child squiggling with crayons produces aimless curves rather than deliberate shapes.
The word can describe physical movement too: The worm went squiggling across the pavement.
Squiggling suggests something between purposeful motion and random wiggling.
Mindless rough sketch
- scribbleWrite without care
- scrawlCareless, illegible writing
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- lineContinuous mark or queue
stroke · flourish · swirl · curlicue · loop · spiral · arabesque · freehand
Having gentle curves
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- sinuousCurving in flowing turns
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
- zigzagAngled back-and-forth path
twisted · crooked · meandering · looped · coiled · spiral · kinked · convoluted
Joined handwriting style
- scrawlCareless, illegible writing
- scribbleWrite without care
- scriptWritten words for performance
- penmanshipSkill of forming letters
longhand · jotting · calligraphy · notation · autograph · inscription · shorthand · illegible
doodle
Mindless rough sketch
line · stroke · flourish · swirl · curlicue · loop · spiral · arabesque · freehand · ink
wavy
Having gentle curves
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- sinuousCurving in flowing turns
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
zigzag · twisted · crooked · meandering · looped · coiled · spiral · kinked · convoluted · snaky
cursive
Joined handwriting style
penmanship · longhand · jotting · calligraphy · notation · autograph · inscription · shorthand · illegible · hasty
wriggle
Twisting, snakelike movement
writhe · undulate · twist · coil · contort · gyrate · shimmy · jiggle · twitch · fidget