squiggly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
squiggly (comparative squigglier, superlative squiggliest)
- (informal) Not straight; wavy and irregular.
- She didn't have a ruler, so she drew a squiggly line to highlight the main points.
- 2013, Lucinda Scala Quinn, Mad Hungry Cravings, page 291:
- My first memories of eating are bowls of squiggly pasta with red sauce and lots of white cheese.
Translations[edit]
Not straight; wavy
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Noun[edit]
squiggly (plural squigglies)
- (computing, informal) A wavy underline used to indicate an error in text or source code.
- 2007, Pariah S. Burke, Mastering InDesign CS3 for Print Design and Production, page 72:
- If you have dynamic spell checking enabled, your pamphlet will become a sea of red squigglies.
- 2008, Rick Leinecker, Vanessa L. Williams, Visual Studio 2008 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies, page 484:
- Coding errors have colored squigglies beneath them to indicate the kind of error. For example, syntax errors appear with red squigglies beneath them...
- 2010, James S. McKeown, Jim McKeown, Programming in Visual Basic 2010: The Very Beginner's Guide, page 75:
- The next blue squiggly is in the word Dimm. That should be an easy fix. Change it to Dim. Again, that swats two bugs with one fix.