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squirr

squirr is the alternative form of squir.

Meaning of squir

Verb

squir (third-person singular simple present squirs, present participle squirring, simple past and past participle squirred)

  1. (obsolete) 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 squirr

third-person singular presentsquirrs
present participlesquirring
past participlesquirred
pastsquirred

Questions about squirr

What is squirr the alternative form of?
Squirr is the alternative form of squir.

Words near squirr in the dictionary

  1. squirmle
  2. squirmles
  3. squirms
  4. squirmworthy
  5. squirmy
  6. squirr
  7. squirred
  8. squirrel
  9. squirrel around
  10. squirrel away
  11. squirrel cage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: squirr (page history and authors); squir (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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