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squits

squits is the plural of squit.

Meaning of squit

Noun (1)

squit (countable and uncountable, plural squits)

  1. (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")
  2. (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

Noun (2)

squit (plural squits)

  1. (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

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Noun

the squits

  1. (UK, colloquial, plural, plural-only) diarrhoea.
    • ‘Caroline Graham said you couldn’t make it back upstairs. She laid it on as thick as anything for Gibson―said you’d been taken by surprise by something. Now word’s gone round you’ve got the squits.’2006, Sarah Waters, The Night Watch, Virago Press, page 290
    Synonyms:
    the runs, the shits, the squirts, the trots, the huckleberry two-steps

Synonyms of squits

Origin of squits

Likely a portmanteau of squirt and shit.

Questions about squits

What does squits mean?
Squits means diarrhoea.
What is squits the plural of?
Squits is the plural of squit.
What part of speech is squits?
Squits is a noun.

Words near squits in the dictionary

  1. squitchy
  2. squiteague
  3. squiteagues
  4. Squitieri
  5. Squitieris
  6. squits
  7. squitted
  8. squitten
  9. squittens
  10. squitter
  11. squittered

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