squiggly

comparative squigglier · superlative squiggliest · alternative squiggley

1. informalNot straight; wavy and irregular.

   She didn't have a ruler, so she drew a squiggly line to highlight the main points.

   1 more example

   My first memories of eating are bowls of squiggly pasta with red sauce and lots of white cheese.

   2013, Lucinda Scala Quinn, Mad Hungry Cravings, page 291

plural squigglies · alternative squiggley

1. informalcomputingA wavy underline used to indicate an error in text or source code.

   If you have dynamic spell checking enabled, your pamphlet will become a sea of red squigglies.

   2007, Pariah S. Burke, Mastering InDesign CS3 for Print Design and Production, page 72

   2 more examples

   Coding errors have colored squigglies beneath them to indicate the kind of error. For example, syntax errors appear with red squigglies beneath them...

   2008, Rick Leinecker, Vanessa L. Williams, Visual Studio 2008 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies, page 484

   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.

   2010, James S. McKeown, Jim McKeown, Programming in Visual Basic 2010: The Very Beginner's Guide, page 75