curlycue /(k?rl"?-k?)/

curl·y·cue

curlycue

n.
  1. Some thing curled or spiral, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper. Same as curlicue. [ Colloq. U.S.]
    I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a curlycue with my right foot.
    — McClintock.

Phrases & Compounds

To cut a curlycue
to make a flourish; to cut a caper.