squiggler

squiggler

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English squiggle
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English squiggler

    From squiggle + -er.

    Noun

    squiggler (plural squigglers)

    1. Anything that squiggles.
      • 2004 May 10, The New Yorker,:
        The end of the losing arrived in a Yankee game against Oakland, when the Pinstripes, down by 8-4 in the eighth inning, were granted a succession of feeble singles, nubbed infield squigglers, three walks, and a two-run double, good for six runs and, in time, the win.
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