squizzle
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Perhaps a blend of squirt + drizzle; or from a diminutive of squeeze, equivalent to squeeze + -le (diminutive suffix).
Noun edit
squizzle (plural squizzles)
- (informal, rare) A small amount of liquid, etc.; a squirt.
- 1952, Virginia Douglas Dawson, Betty Douglas Wilson, The Shape of Sunday: An Intimate Biography of Lloyd C. Douglas:
- Daddy settled down to be a diabetic with no more comment than in an occasional letter: "I started my day as usual with a squizzle of insulin."
- 2006, Rose Whitney Smith, Blueberry Chowder:
- Then you take a fistful of it and squeeze it, and if it holds the shape of your hand it's short enough. Add just a squizzle of cold water, only enough to hold it together.
- 2011, Nicholas Royle, Regicide:
- The ringing tone ceased and I heard Annie's voice through a squizzle of interference.
- 2015, Marjorie Tallman, Dictionary of American Folklore:
- Another unique characteristic was their habit of putting a “squizzle,” a squeeze of lime in their morning coffee.
Verb edit
squizzle (third-person singular simple present squizzles, present participle squizzling, simple past and past participle squizzled)
- (transitive) To squirt out.
- (dialectal) To cry easily.
Etymology 2 edit
Apparently from squeeze + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare English dialectal quizzle (“to suffocate”). More at squeeze.
Verb edit
squizzle (third-person singular simple present squizzles, present participle squizzling, simple past and past participle squizzled)