Meaning & use
squiggly
Having a short, wavy, irregular shape or line, often drawn quickly or carelessly.
See it in a sentence
The child drew a squiggly line across the page with a red crayon.
A squiggly red underline suddenly appeared beneath the misspelled word.
A note on using this word
Squiggly is informal and most often describes casual doodles, handwriting, or the wavy underlines used by spell-checkers.
Words with a similar meaning
wavywiggly
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