squir
/skwɜː(ɹ)/
squir verb: to throw with a jerking motion; to skim.
Verb
squir (third-person singular simple present squirs, present participle squirring, simple past and past participle squirred)
- To throw with a jerking motion; to skim.
- We took a turn or two more, when, to my great surprise, I saw him squir away his watch a considerable way into the Thames1711 June 8 (Gregorian calendar), [Eustace Budgell], “MONDAY, May 29, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 77; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume I, New...
Forms of squir
| third-person singular present | squirs |
|---|---|
| present participle | squirring |
| past participle | squirred |
| past | squirred |
| alternative form | squirr |
Words that rhyme with squir
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- per
- purr
- birr
- bur
- cellular
- concur
- defer
- entrepreneur
- incur
- infer
- occur
- prefer
- were
- whirr
- aver
- brr
- cur
- deter
- diaperfur
- err
- fir
- myrrh
- aberr
- astir
- bestir
- chauffeur
- chur
- churr
- curmur
- deburr
- farceur
- flurr
- force majeure
- froideur
- grr
- her
- hurr
- inter
- knur
- masseur
- profer
- shirr
- voyeur
- xir
- agripreneur
- artpreneur
- auteur
- Big Sur
Questions about squir
- What does squir mean?
- Squir means to throw with a jerking motion; to skim.
- What part of speech is squir?
- Squir is a verb.
- How do you pronounce squir?
- Squir is pronounced /skwɜː(ɹ)/.
- What is the past tense of squir?
- The past tense of squir is squirred.
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