squirl

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Blend of squiggle +‎ twirl.[1]

Noun

squirl (plural squirls)

  1. A flourish in handwriting.

Etymology 2

Eye-dialect.

Noun

squirl (plural squirls)

  1. (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

  • squirl”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  1. ^ 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, Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225