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squiz
squiz
/
skwɪz
/
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skwiz
]
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Australian Informal.
verb (used with object),
squizzed,
squiz·zing.
1.
to peer at quickly and closely.
noun
2.
a quick, close look.
Origin:
1905–10;
expressive formation, perhaps blend of
squint
and
quiz
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squiz
(skwɪz)
—
n
,
pl
squizzes
slang
(
Austral
), (
NZ
) a look or glance, esp an inquisitive one
[C20: perhaps a blend of
squint
and
quiz
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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