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squirrelling

squirrelling is the present participle and gerund of squirrel.

Noun

squirrelling (uncountable)

  1. Storing up, hoarding.
  2. (obsolete) The sport of hunting squirrels.

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 squirrelling

Questions about squirrelling

What does squirrelling mean?
Squirrelling means storing up, hoarding.
What is squirrelling the present participle and gerund of?
Squirrelling is the present participle and gerund of squirrel.
What part of speech is squirrelling?
Squirrelling is a noun.

Words near squirrelling in the dictionary

  1. squirrellier
  2. squirrelliest
  3. squirrellike
  4. squirrelliness
  5. squirrellinesses
  6. squirrelling
  7. squirrelling around
  8. squirrelling away
  9. squirrelly
  10. squirrelpox
  11. squirrelproof

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Adapted from Wiktionary: squirrelling (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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