different between wavy vs squiggly

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?we?vi/
• Rhymes: -e?vi

Etymology 1

wave +? -y

Adjective

wavy (comparative wavier, superlative waviest)

1. rising or swelling in waves.
2. Full of waves.
3. Moving to and fro; undulating.
4. Having wave-like shapes on its border or surface; waved.
5. (botany, of a margin) Moving up and down relative to the surface; undulate.
6. (heraldry) Undé, in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines.
7. (slang) drunk

Translations

Etymology 2

See wavey.

Noun

wavy (plural wavies)

1. (possibly dated) Alternative form of wavey (goose).
   • 1862, in The Zoologist: a popular miscellany of natural history, volume 20, page 7835:

     According to Indian report, a great breeding-ground for the blue wavy is the country lying in the interior of the north-east point of Labrador, Cape Dudley Digges.

   • 1888, in the Journals of the Senate of Canada, volume 22, Appendix 1, page 237:

     The blue and white wavies breed in the barren grounds and feed chiefly on berries.

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