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squir·rel
[skwur-uhl, skwuhr- or, especially Brit., skwir-uhl] noun, plural squir·rels, (especially collectively) squir·rel, verb, squir·reled, squir·rel·ing or (especially British) squir·relled, squir·rel·ling. noun
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any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
2.
any of various other members of the family Sciuridae, as the chipmunks, flying squirrels, and woodchucks.
3.
the meat of such an animal.
4.
the pelt or fur of such an animal: a coat trimmed with squirrel.
verb (used with object)
5.
to store or hide (money, valuables, etc.), usually for the future (often followed by away): I've squirreled away a few dollars for an emergency.
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Origin:
1325–75; Middle English squirel < Anglo-French escuirel (Old French escuireul) ≪ Vulgar Latin *scūrellus, *scūriolus, representing Latin sciurus (< Greek skíouros literally, shadow-tailed (ski(á) shadow + -ouros, adj. derivative of ourá tail); apparently so called because the tail was large enough to provide shade for the rest of the animal) with diminutive suffixes -ellus, -olus
1325–75; Middle English squirel < Anglo-French escuirel (Old French escuireul) ≪ Vulgar Latin *scūrellus, *scūriolus, representing Latin sciurus (< Greek skíouros literally, shadow-tailed (ski(á) shadow + -ouros, adj. derivative of ourá tail); apparently so called because the tail was large enough to provide shade for the rest of the animal) with diminutive suffixes -ellus, -olus
Related forms
squir·rel·ish, squir·rel·like, adjective
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Example Sentences
- After the squirrel walked away, sure enough, there was an imprint on the mirror where the squirrel's lips touched it.
- Trying to really see this dandelion, that caterpillar-even that dead squirrel.
- The article did not say whether the squirrel was a suicide attacker, or if it survived.
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Word Origin & History
squirrel
1327, from Anglo-Fr. esquirel, O.Fr. escurel (Fr. écureuil), from V.L. *scuriolus, dim. of *scurius "squirrel," variant of L. sciurus, from Gk. skiouros "a squirrel," lit. "shadow-tailed," from skia "shadow" + oura "tail." Perhaps the original notion is "that which makes a shade with its tail."
EXPANDThe verb meaning "to hoard up, store away" (as a aquirrel does nuts) is first recorded 1939; squirrely is from 1925. The O.E. word was acweorna, which survived into M.E. as aquerne.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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