English edit

 
a map of Oregon, with State Route 140 represented by a red squiggly line

Etymology edit

squiggle +‎ -y

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

squiggly (comparative squigglier, superlative squiggliest)

  1. (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.

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Noun edit

squiggly (plural squigglies)

  1. (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.

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