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squirs

squirs is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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...

Questions about squirs

What is squirs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Squirs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of squir.

Words near squirs in the dictionary

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

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