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Meaning of "scriggle" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCRIGGLE

scriggle  [ˈskrɪɡəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCRIGGLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scriggle is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb scriggle in English.

WHAT DOES SCRIGGLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of scriggle in the English dictionary

The definition of scriggle in the dictionary is to wriggle.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SCRIGGLE

PRESENT

Present
I scriggle
you scriggle
he/she/it scriggles
we scriggle
you scriggle
they scriggle
Present continuous
I am scriggling
you are scriggling
he/she/it is scriggling
we are scriggling
you are scriggling
they are scriggling
Present perfect
I have scriggled
you have scriggled
he/she/it has scriggled
we have scriggled
you have scriggled
they have scriggled
Present perfect continuous
I have been scriggling
you have been scriggling
he/she/it has been scriggling
we have been scriggling
you have been scriggling
they have been scriggling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I scriggled
you scriggled
he/she/it scriggled
we scriggled
you scriggled
they scriggled
Past continuous
I was scriggling
you were scriggling
he/she/it was scriggling
we were scriggling
you were scriggling
they were scriggling
Past perfect
I had scriggled
you had scriggled
he/she/it had scriggled
we had scriggled
you had scriggled
they had scriggled
Past perfect continuous
I had been scriggling
you had been scriggling
he/she/it had been scriggling
we had been scriggling
you had been scriggling
they had been scriggling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will scriggle
you will scriggle
he/she/it will scriggle
we will scriggle
you will scriggle
they will scriggle
Future continuous
I will be scriggling
you will be scriggling
he/she/it will be scriggling
we will be scriggling
you will be scriggling
they will be scriggling
Future perfect
I will have scriggled
you will have scriggled
he/she/it will have scriggled
we will have scriggled
you will have scriggled
they will have scriggled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been scriggling
you will have been scriggling
he/she/it will have been scriggling
we will have been scriggling
you will have been scriggling
they will have been scriggling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would scriggle
you would scriggle
he/she/it would scriggle
we would scriggle
you would scriggle
they would scriggle
Conditional continuous
I would be scriggling
you would be scriggling
he/she/it would be scriggling
we would be scriggling
you would be scriggling
they would be scriggling
Conditional perfect
I would have scriggle
you would have scriggle
he/she/it would have scriggle
we would have scriggle
you would have scriggle
they would have scriggle
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been scriggling
you would have been scriggling
he/she/it would have been scriggling
we would have been scriggling
you would have been scriggling
they would have been scriggling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you scriggle
we let´s scriggle
you scriggle
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to scriggle
Past participle
scriggled
Present Participle
scriggling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCRIGGLE


bagel
ˈbeɪɡəl
beigel
ˈbeɪɡəl
Breughel
ˈbrɔɪɡəl
Brueghel
ˈbrɔɪɡəl
finagle
fɪˈneɪɡəl
giggle
ˈɡɪɡəl
Hegel
ˈheɪɡəl
higgle
ˈhɪɡəl
jiggle
ˈdʒɪɡəl
madrigal
ˈmædrɪɡəl
niggle
ˈnɪɡəl
plagal
ˈpleɪɡəl
prodigal
ˈprɒdɪɡəl
rigol
ˈrɪɡəl
sniggle
ˈsnɪɡəl
squiggle
ˈskwɪɡəl
vagal
ˈveɪɡəl
vasovagal
ˌveɪzəʊˈveɪɡəl
wiggle
ˈwɪɡəl
wriggle
ˈrɪɡəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCRIGGLE

scribbly gum
scribe
scriber
scribism
scriech
scried
scriene
scries
scrieve
scrieveboard
scriggly
scrike
scrim
scrimmage
scrimmager
scrimp
scrimper
scrimpily
scrimpiness
scrimpit

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCRIGGLE

boggle
boondoggle
for a giggle
gaggle
goggle
haggle
hornswoggle
juggle
miggle
muggle
porwiggle
power struggle
raggle
raggle-taggle
smuggle
snuggle
struggle
the class struggle
the struggle
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Synonyms and antonyms of scriggle in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scriggle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCRIGGLE

Find out the translation of scriggle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scriggle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scriggle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

scriggle
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

scriggle
570 millions of speakers

English

scriggle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scriggle
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

scriggle
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

scriggle
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

scriggle
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

scriggle
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scriggle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menggelegak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

scriggle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

scriggle
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scriggle
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scriggle
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

scriggle
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

scriggle
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुळगुळीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

scriggle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scriggle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scriggle
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

scriggle
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scriggle
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

scriggle
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scriggle
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scriggle
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scriggle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scriggle

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCRIGGLE»

The term «scriggle» is barely ever used and occupies the 203.296 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCRIGGLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scriggle» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scriggle» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scriggle

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCRIGGLE»

Discover the use of scriggle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scriggle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Year Books Lectures Delivered in the Universiy of London ...
Our old scribes were lavish in their use of the indiscriminating and doubt- breeding tittle or scriggle. Many of the common law terms were never, or hardly ever, finished. The French word which means "to claim" — demander — naturally occurs ...
2
Miss Mapp
This afternoon she was content to "scriggle" through the sketchers, and hummingalittle tune, she passed up to the churchyard. ("Scriggle" wasone ofher own words, highly popular; it connoted squeezing and wriggling.) There she carefully ...
E. F. Benson, 2012
3
The Second E.F. Benson Megapack: 22 More Novels and Short ...
Sometimes she would come out of the house, if the steps were very full, with her own sketching paraphernalia in her hands and say, ever so coyly: “May I scriggle through?” or ask the squatters on her own steps if they could find a little corner ...
E.F. Benson, 2013
4
Benson Complete- Across the Stream The Blotting Book ...
the house, if the steps were very full, with her own sketching paraphernalia in her hands and say, ever so coyly: "May I scriggle through?" or ask the squatters on her own steps if they could find a little corner for her.That was so interesting for ...
E. F. Benson, Edward Frederic Benson
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Miss Mapp:
with her own sketching paraphernalia in her hands and say, ever so coyly: “May I scriggle through?” or ask the squatters on her own steps if they could find a little corner for her. That was so interesting for them: they would remember afterwards  ...
Edward Frederic Benson, 2014
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
SCRIGGLE, sb.' and 'il.' War. Glo. Wil. [Skfl'ghi] L so. An undersized a ple left on the tree as worth ess. Wan", Glo.' Cf. scrig ns, scriggling, scrigs. Hence Scriggly, adj. small, shrivelled. War.” ' A scriggly bit 0' meat,' i. e. that small portion of a joint  ...
Joseph Wright
7
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
... unproductive of so much as the scriggle of a single tadpole. Ishall take a sweeping survey oon, in a series 0 articles—— TICKLER. Oh! not es! _ NORTH. ' Of the German mind. In Natural History they have done a good deal —a good deal, ...
‎1832
8
The Vocabulary of East-Anglia Etc. - London, J. B. Nicols 1830
SCRAPS, s. pl. the dry, husky, and skinny residuum of melted fat.' _ SCREET, s. halfa quarter of a sheet of paper. In L. sc. it is scread,- a better word, exactly A. s. . . . scned, scheda. JEN. screed. SCRIGGLE, SCRUGGLE, 'v. to writhe, or struggle  ...
Robert Forby, 1830
9
A General Dictionary of Provincialisms. -London, Russel ...
Somerset. To SCREEDLE, v. n. To sit hovering over the embers of a fire. West. SCREET, s. [Screadan, Sax. to shred] Halfa quarter ofa sheet of paper. Norf. Sufi'. To SCRIGGLE or SCRUGGLE, v. n. To writhe or struggle with more or less force.
William Holloway, 1840
10
London Wall
And then I've put in that bit, where the scriggle is, see? “Cheer up, cheri,” she answered. “It can't go on for ever.”' Look: C.H.E.R.I. I'll put the accents in myself, afterwards. MISSJANUS: (T/Wzo has been watching HEC's attitude with interest,  ...
John van Druten, 2013

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCRIGGLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scriggle is used in the context of the following news items.
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10 Things We Learned at Chefs Week's Kick-off Dinner
But the black plate and green scriggle of guacamole was definitely not Instagram friendly. 6) "Carrot-forward" is useful term. And one that was coined in response ... «Eater PDX, Feb 15»
2
Ambitious new startup is on a mission to help indie writers get …
These scriggles are used to determine the popularity of each publication, which impacts the visibility of the author's profile and of each publication. There is a ... «PR Urgent, Sep 14»
3
The Ambrette at Rye, White Vine House, 24 High Street, East Sussex
Rye – or Tilling, as devotees of EF Benson's peerless Mapp and Lucia books will prefer to think of it – was heaving with Bank Holiday shoppers when I scriggled ... «The Independent, Apr 13»
4
Oldies But Goodies: Captain America Comics #1 (Mars 1941)
Il finirait même par se découvrir un sidekick, Speedy Scriggles, qui contrairement à ce que pouvait laisser croire son nom n'avait aucun pouvoir sur la vitesse. «Comic Box, Mar 10»

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