squizzle

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noun

A small amount of liquid, etc.; a squirt.

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Meanings

squizzle1

nounsquizzle (plural squizzles)

plural squizzles

  1. informalrareA small amount of liquid, etc.; a squirt.

    The ringing tone ceased and I heard Annie's voice through a squizzle of interference.

    2011, Nicholas Royle, Regicide
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    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."

    1952, Virginia Douglas Dawson, Betty Douglas Wilson, The Shape of Sunday: An Intimate Biography of Lloyd C. Douglas

    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.

    2006, Rose Whitney Smith, Blueberry Chowder

    Another unique characteristic was their habit of putting a “squizzle,” a squeeze of lime in their morning coffee.

    2015, Marjorie Tallman, Dictionary of American Folklore
verbsquizzle (third-person singular simple present squizzles, present participle squizzling, simple past and past participle squizzled)

present singular third person squizzles · participle present squizzling · participle past squizzled · past squizzled

  1. transitiveTo squirt out.
  2. dialectalTo cry easily.

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verbsquizzle (third-person singular simple present squizzles, present participle squizzling, simple past and past participle squizzled)

present singular third person squizzles · participle present squizzling · participle past squizzled · past squizzled

  1. dialectalTo choke; throttle.

Origin

squizzle · noun, verb

Perhaps a blend of squirt + drizzle; or from a diminutive of squeeze, equivalent to squeeze + -le (diminutive suffix).

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squizzle · verb

Apparently from squeeze + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare English dialectal quizzle (“to suffocate”). More at squeeze.

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APA

squizzle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squizzle

MLA

“squizzle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squizzle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “squizzle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squizzle.

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