Nov 12, 2006 13:12
17 yrs ago
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English term
Latvia
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Native in: Latvian 
, Russian
Works in: Italian to Latvian, English to Latvian, Latvian to English
squiggle
English
Other
Slang
I know you’d like a good wriggle. And a giggle. And a squiggle.
This is a part of a dialogue between two people where one is speaking in slang as much as I can tell so I was wondering if anyone could explain what is meant by the word "squiggle" in this context? Ive no exact translation for this in my TL, so an explanation would be really really helpful.:) Thanks!
This is a part of a dialogue between two people where one is speaking in slang as much as I can tell so I was wondering if anyone could explain what is meant by the word "squiggle" in this context? Ive no exact translation for this in my TL, so an explanation would be really really helpful.:) Thanks!
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Brie Vernier
Germany
Germany
Native in English
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English
Germany
Bridging the language gap since 1995
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US)
Works in: German to English
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blend of squirm and wriggle
See here: http://m-w.com/dictionary/squiggle
But I think the author/speaker is merely using it for the similar sound, not for any specific meaning it gives to the sentence.
But I think the author/speaker is merely using it for the similar sound, not for any specific meaning it gives to the sentence.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Brie!:)
In fact this is a KudoZ question which deserves a possibility to award maximum points for all you guys! Because I could get my one suitable version in my TL thanks to ALL the answers.:) I really do appreciate every single one.:)"
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Silvia Brandon-Pérez
United States
United States
Native in English
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English
United States
Precise and on time; lawyer/writer.
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to English, and 7 more.
an illegible scrawl, curlicue
You know when you doodle on paper, for example, when you are on the phone? Those are squiggles, although I agree with Bree that it is probably included because of the sound...
In my experience, most doctors' notes and handwriting look like squiggles...
In my experience, most doctors' notes and handwriting look like squiggles...
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Alfredo Tutino
: See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Squiggle or http://web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/artscentre/squiggle.htm (I didn't know it, of course...)
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Well, I have all my legal documents covered in squiggles :) Thanks!
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Neil Mann
: I'd go for this without more context, but it'd depend a lot on the rest. I'm not familiar with the meaning squirm/wriggle, so it may be only US, which could well be the origin of the text you're dealing with. It sounds like a children's story or jokey.
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To me it sounded like a Dr. Seuss paragraph... Thanks!
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Richard Benham
: See also <http://www.abc.net.au/abckids/shows/prog235.htm>. This show was old when I was a kid!
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Yes! Thank you.
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Robert Fox
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Gracias.
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Alfa Trans (X)
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Gracias, Marju.
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Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
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English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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squiggle is a proper English word with several meanings
according to Webster
intransitive verb
1 : SQUIRM, WRIGGLE
2 : to write or paint hastily : make scribbles
transitive verb
1 : SCRIBBLE *didn't have time to squiggle his mark on his correspondence Bruce Bliven b. 1916*
2 : to cause to form or form in squiggles
intransitive verb
1 : SQUIRM, WRIGGLE
2 : to write or paint hastily : make scribbles
transitive verb
1 : SCRIBBLE *didn't have time to squiggle his mark on his correspondence Bruce Bliven b. 1916*
2 : to cause to form or form in squiggles
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the jiggling of a fat persons belly when they giggle
Most users gave thumbs down for this definition, but it could be fitting in this context
Example sentence:
did you see the fat man squiggle when he giggled?
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Dave Calderhead
: I think maybe even amswer 5 could be the one for this context with wroggle and giggle ("a line of spooge from the male love muscle")
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sexual connotation?
Depending of course entirely on whether it could be appropriate for the context or not, taken in isoaltion, I would look at some kind of sexual connotation here (cf. for example the early usage of 'rock 'n' roll')
wriggle = a bit of light hanky panky
giggle = the naughtiness of going a little further
squiggle = the visible result of going all the way (as hinted at, if I'm not mistaken, by DC in his peer comment)
wriggle = a bit of light hanky panky
giggle = the naughtiness of going a little further
squiggle = the visible result of going all the way (as hinted at, if I'm not mistaken, by DC in his peer comment)
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