curlicue

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

Similar word(s): coil, curl, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl

Definition categories: shape

2. a short twisting line

Similar word(s): squiggle

Definition categories: communication, line

verb

1. (transitive and intransitive) To make or adorn (something) with curlicues, or as if with curlicues.