different between underline vs squiggly

English

Etymology

under- +? line

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nd??la?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd??la?n/
• (General American, alternative pronunciation of the verb) IPA^(key): /??nd??la?n/
• (Received Pronunciation, alternative pronunciation of the verb) IPA^(key): /??nd??la?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n (for alternative pronunciation of the verb)

Noun

underline (plural underlines)

1. A line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or to indicate that it should be viewed in italics or (in electronic documents) that it acts as a hyperlink.
2. The character _.
3. (dated) An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one.

Translations

Verb

underline (third-person singular simple present underlines, present participle underlining, simple past and past participle underlined)

1. To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis; to underscore

2. (figuratively) To emphasise or stress something
3. (figuratively, obsolete) To influence secretly.
   • 1642, Henry Wotton, The Life and Death of the Duke of Buckingham

     By mere chance in appearance, though underlined with a providence, they had a full light of the infanta.

Translations

Adjective

underline (not comparable)

1. Passing under a railway line.
   • 1950, Leonora Fry, C. W. Huxtable, Get to know: British railways (page 26)

     Just as it was sometimes necessary to lower the road to take it beneath an underline bridge, so in this case it might be necessary to raise it.

See also

• underline on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Typography

Anagrams

• unlinered

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English underline.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??de??lajni/

Noun

underline m (plural underlines)

1. underscore (name of the character _)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:underline.

English

Etymology

squiggle +? -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???li
• IPA^(key): /?skw??li/

Adjective

squiggly (comparative squigglier, superlative squiggliest)

1. (informal) Not straight; wavy.

   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

Noun

squiggly (plural squigglies)

1. (computing, informal) A wavy underline used to indicate an error in text or 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.

Related terms

• squiggle