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squirred

squirred is the simple past and past participle of squir.

squirred is the simple past and past participle of squirr.

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...

Questions about squirred

What is squirred the simple past and past participle of?
Squirred is the simple past and past participle of squir.

Words near squirred in the dictionary

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

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