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squirring

squirring is the present participle and gerund of squir.

squirring is the present participle and gerund 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 squirring

What is squirring the present participle and gerund of?
Squirring is the present participle and gerund of squir.

Words near squirring in the dictionary

  1. squirrelsonas
  2. squirreltail
  3. squirreltails
  4. squirrely
  5. squirril
  6. squirring
  7. squirrs
  8. squirs
  9. squirt
  10. squirt gun
  11. squirt guns

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