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squirreled

squirreled is the simple past and past participle of squirrel.

Meaning of squirrel

Verb

squirrel (third-person singular simple present squirrels, present participle (US) squirreling or (UK) squirrelling, simple past and past participle (US) squirreled or (UK) squirrelled)

  1. (figuratively, transitive) To store in a secretive manner, to hide something for future use.
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) To become distracted.

See all 7 meanings of squirrel

Phrases with squirreled

Questions about squirreled

What is squirreled the simple past and past participle of?
Squirreled is the simple past and past participle of squirrel.

Words near squirreled in the dictionary

  1. squirrel-proof
  2. squirrelable
  3. squirrelcide
  4. squirrelcides
  5. squirreldom
  6. squirreled
  7. squirreled around
  8. squirreled away
  9. squirreless
  10. squirrelesses
  11. squirrelette

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Adapted from Wiktionary: squirreled (page history and authors); squirrel (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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