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squizzing

squizzing is the present participle and gerund of squizz.

squizzing is the present participle and gerund of squiz.

Meaning of squizz

Verb

squizz (third-person singular simple present squizzes, present participle squizzing, simple past and past participle squizzed)

  1. (Commonwealth, UK, colloquial, usually) To look, to examine.
    • “That′s just according to how you bring them up, Jane,” Betsy replied ; “if they′d had porridge from the first, they′d have eaten it fast enough ; and it isn′t good to allow children to be squizzing (looking) into their food and picking it over.”1885, Emily Cruwys Sharland, Ways and means in a Devonshire village, a book for mothers′ meetings, page 19

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Questions about squizzing

What is squizzing the present participle and gerund of?
Squizzing is the present participle and gerund of squizz.

Words near squizzing in the dictionary

  1. squitting
  2. squiz
  3. squizz
  4. squizzed
  5. squizzes
  6. squizzing
  7. squizzle
  8. squizzled
  9. squizzles
  10. squizzling
  11. Squliq

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