squail

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verb

To throw weighted sticks at small animals, usually cockerels, played as a game.

“December 28 1821, Robert Southey, letter VIII - Recollections of Corston Continued The boys were employed also to squail at the bannets”

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Meanings

verbsquail (third-person singular simple present squails, present participle squailing, simple past and past participle squailed)

present singular third person squails · participle present squailing · participle past squailed · past squailed

  1. historicalintransitiveTo throw weighted sticks at small animals, usually cockerels, played as a game.
  2. To throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly.

    December 28 1821, Robert Southey, letter VIII - Recollections of Corston Continued The boys were employed also to squail at the bannets

nounsquail (plural squails)

plural squails

  1. A disc or counter used in the game of squails.

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

squail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squail

MLA

“squail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squail. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “squail,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squail.

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