squit

/skwɪt/

squit noun: a person of low status.

Noun (1)

squit (countable and uncountable, plural squits)

(countable, derogatory, informal) A person of low status.
- Not a favourite son, of course — Lord, no! — more a sort of illegitimate backstairs sort of sprog, you know: a sort of spotty squit that nobody really likes.1989, Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Blackadder Goes Forth (episode "Goodbyeee")
- 'It isn't so funny when it's the other way round, is it?' I snarl, before adding, 'You geeky little squit,' for good measure.2000, Josie Lloyd, Emlyn Rees, Come Again, page 153
(Norfolk, uncountable) Nonsense; amusing stories.
- 'Cor blast, Tovell, you don't half talk some squit at times!' exclaimed Ted Carter.
- ‘Squit! It's the gospel truth.[…]’2007, Ann Neve, Ride Upon the Storm, page 162

squit (third-person singular simple present squits, present participle squitting, simple past and past participle squitted)

(Internet, transitive) To disconnect (an IRC server) from a network.
- […] these problems solved themselves atfter^([sic]) some 10 minutes or so, without an ircop interferring^([sic]) into channel affairs by squitting his/her server to gain chanop status.1994, Bernhard Lorenz, “ChanOp for Irc Opers”, in alt.irc (Usenet)
- Today, I was awakened by a call from one of my IRC ops, telling me that my net had been 'taken over'. An ircop had squitted all the servers, and had a script that kept them disconnected from the net.1996, Jesse, “A warning to all irc users”, in alt.irc (Usenet)

squit (plural squits)

(onomatopoeic) A light squishing or splattering sound.
- "Mr. Kuttner, you know I'm the best in this business, don't you?" he said, swatting at a mosquito.
  It went squit and left a smear of blood on his cheek.2007, S. M. Stirling, The Sunrise Lands, page 79
- She turned away and stalked back through the lounge, her running shoes making a squit-squit-squit sound on the tiles, punctuated by the slam of the front door.2021, Malcolm Devlin, Unexpected Places to Fall From, Unexpected Places to Land

எக்கி, கொம்பு

I couldn't believe my ears: at Roedean a new girl spent at least a term having it drummed into her what an insignificant little squit she was; and here were these girls being welcoming!2007, Katharine Whitehorn, Selective Memory, unnumbered page:
In 1985, asked by the writer Richard Whittington-Egan if he believed in this apparition, an old local man replied that it was ‘a load of old squit.’2009, Alison Weir, The Lady In The Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn, page 420:

Noun
plural	squits
Verb
third-person singular present	squits
present participle	squitting
past participle	squitted
past	squitted

Possibly related to squirt (“small child”); from 19th c.

Short for server quit.

Imitative.

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What does squit mean?: Squit means a person of low status.
What is squit in Tamil?: Squit in Tamil is எக்கி, கொம்பு. See Squit meaning in Tamil.
How do you use squit in a sentence?: I couldn't believe my ears: at Roedean a new girl spent at least a term having it drummed into her what an insignificant little squit she was; and here were these girls being welcoming!
What part of speech is squit?: Squit can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce squit?: Squit is pronounced /skwɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of squit?: The plural of squit is squits.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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