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squirrel

[skwur-uhl, skwuhr- or, especially Brit., skwir-uhl]

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noun

any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.

any of various other members of the family Sciuridae, as the chipmunks, flying squirrels, and woodchucks.

the meat of such an animal.

the pelt or fur of such an animal: a coat trimmed with squirrel.

verb (used with object)

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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to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.

to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.

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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

Related forms

squir·rel·ish, squir·rel·like, adjective

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Example Sentences

There had been an abundance of acorns and walnuts last year, which as you may know, is squirrel food.

The article did not say whether the squirrel was a suicide attacker, or if it survived.

Whaleyboy, bring a flint and we'll barbecue some squirrel.

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There had been an abundance of acorns and walnuts last year, which as you may know, is squirrel food.

The article did not say whether the squirrel was a suicide attacker, or if it survived.

Whaleyboy, bring a flint and we'll barbecue some squirrel.

Video stills show a ground squirrel chewing on a rattlesnake's shed skin and then licking its body to apply the masticated mush.

So researchers used an infrared camera to record squirrel rattlesnake encounters.

Because rattlesnakes can sense infrared radiation, a hot tail makes the ground squirrel look even bigger.

In the meantime, we'll be vigilantly guarding our wheat from the squirrel enemy.

The arctic ground squirrel can lower its body temperature to that of a popsicle.

We rescued a baby squirrel in our yard many years ago.

She longed to adopt a pet-a dog, or a cat, or a squirrel.

So the scientists got to wondering: what would happen if they gave a boy squirrel monkey the same opsin that girls have.

We all know that even a blind squirrel finds a nut everyone once in a while.

Trying to really see this dandelion, that caterpillar-even that dead squirrel.

The squirrel sits on his limb and does not more for one half-hour.

Squirrel monkey playfighting: making the case for cognitive training function for play.

As a joke, he chittered at the squirrel and told it to find his ball.

Scientists introduced a missing red pigment into the cone cells of the retinas of two male squirrel monkeys.

Laika the cosmomutt and a squirrel had a stare-off this morning.

The comments on my last blog about squirrel damage piqued my curiosity about the little dudes wreaking havoc in my.

As the ball was coming down, a squirrel caught it in its mouth and ran off into a muddy lateral water.

High inflation looks a lot more threatening if you're trying to squirrel away enough cash to retire.

Groundhogs, also known as woodchucks or marmots, are the largest members of the squirrel family.

They enjoy the fruits of their efforts, but squirrel away those fruits, keeping them from their children.

My guess is the hippo thinks he's a tortoise, the baby squirrel thinks he's a kitten.

Denham left his house yesterday morning with his dog and gun to engage in a squirrel hunt.

However if the country does not squirrel away nuts during good times it will find it hits a brick wall in tough times.

Squirrel monkeys, lemurs, and other tiny species use no more energy climbing vertically than they.

And second, the sublime beauty of the dramatic squirrel is about to go high-def on a giant monster.

Squirrel cheeked and beetle browed, with rounded shoulders.

Just the beady stare of a squirrel and the harping of a jay hidden high in a red fir.

One of the backgrounds even has a twilight sky with a bird flying by and a squirrel scampering every once in a while.

Spending a weekend learning to signal for help with a soda can, start a fire with a cellphone and snare a squirrel for lunch.

After the squirrel walked away, sure enough, there was an imprint on the mirror where the squirrel's lips touched it.

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World English Dictionary

squirrel (ˈskwɪrəl, US ˈskwɜːrəl, ˈskwʌr-)

—n , pl -rels, -rel
1.	any arboreal sciurine rodent of the genus Sciurus, such as S. vulgaris (red squirrel) or S. carolinensis (grey squirrel), having a bushy tail and feeding on nuts, seeds, etcRelated: sciurine
2.	any other rodent of the family Sciuridae, such as a ground squirrel or a marmot
3.	the fur of such an animal
4.	informal a person who hoards things

—vb (usually foll by away) , -rels, -rel, -rels, -relling, -relled, -rels, -reling, -reled
5.	informal to store for future use; hoard

Related: sciurine

[C14: from Old French esquireul, from Late Latin sciūrus, from Greek skiouros, from skia shadow + oura tail]

'squirrel-like

—*adj*

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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."

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The 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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Slang Dictionary

squirrel definition

n.
a strange or eccentric person. : Martin can be such a squirrel.
n.
a car engine's horsepower. (Usually plural.) : I got 440 squirrels and a gaggle of carburetors.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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