scriggle
To scriggle is to wriggle, squirm or twist in that restless, can't-keep-still way — the physical vocabulary of a toddler at a long dinner or anyone who can't settle.
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To scriggle is to wriggle, squirm or twist in that restless, can't-keep-still way — the physical vocabulary of a toddler at a long dinner or anyone who can't settle. As a noun, a scriggle is the wriggling motion itself. The UK dialect word also carries a rare secondary meaning of scribbling or jotting, though it's the squirmy sense that gives it the most life. There's something onomatopoeic about it: saying scriggle almost forces your mouth into the same contorted motion.
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(UK, dialect) A wriggling motion.
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(rare) To scribble, jot.
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(UK, dialect) To squirm, wriggle or squiggle.
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