Squiggle v.

Chiefly dial. and U.S. [Imitative: cf. SNIGGLE v.³ and WRIGGLE v.]

  1.  intr. ? To work wavy or intricate embroidery. Hence Squiggling vbl. sb.

1804.  in Francis Lett. (1901), II. 536. A pink velvet on her head—a good many necklaces—a vast deal of squiggling. Ibid., 549. Emily who had before thought her success depended very much on squiggling on a Worked Habit Shirt every afternoon.

  2.  To writhe about; to squirm or wriggle.

1816.  Pickering, Vocab. U.S., To Squiggle, to move about like an eel.

1895–9.  in Eng. Dial. Dict.

  3.  trans. To shake about (a liquid).

a. 1825–.  in dial. glossaries (E. Anglia, Essex, Nhp., Warw.).