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squitting

squitting is the present participle and gerund of squit.

Meaning of squit

Verb

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

  1. (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)

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Questions about squitting

What is squitting the present participle and gerund of?
Squitting is the present participle and gerund of squit.

Words near squitting in the dictionary

  1. squittered
  2. squittering
  3. squitters
  4. squitterwit
  5. squitterwits
  6. squitting
  7. squiz
  8. squizz
  9. squizzed
  10. squizzes
  11. squizzing

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