squirl

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noun

A flourish in handwriting.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

squirl1

nounsquirl (plural squirls)

plural squirls

squirl2

nounsquirl (plural squirls)

plural squirls

  1. USdialectalA squirrel.

    “Git up that tree. Look here at this squirl, Benjy.”

    1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, Folio Society, published 2016, page 6

Origin

squirl · noun

Eye-dialect.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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