squirl

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l

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 2016, p. 6:
      “Git up that tree. Look here at this squirl, Benjy.”

References
  • squirl at 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, Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225
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