curlycue

n. [ Cf. F. caracole. ] 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. [ Sometimes written carlicue. ] [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To cut a curlycue, to make a flourish; to cut a caper. [ 1913 Webster ]

I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a curlycue with my right foot. McClintock. [ 1913 Webster ]