squirl
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
Etymology 1 edit
Blend of squiggle + twirl.[1]
Noun edit
squirl (plural squirls)
- A flourish in handwriting.
Etymology 2 edit
Eye-dialect.
Noun edit
squirl (plural squirls)
- (US, dialect) A squirrel.
- 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, Folio Society, published 2016, page 6:
- “Git up that tree. Look here at this squirl, Benjy.”
References edit
- “squirl”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- ^ Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future[1], Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225