English Explanatory Dictionary

squirrel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae.
  2. Any of those distinguished typically by a large bushy tail; any of the tree squirrels of subfamily Sciurinae or phenotypically similar sciurids.
  3. Someone who displays squirrel-like qualities such as stealing or hoarding objects.
  4. One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.
  5. A person, usually a freezoner, who applies L. Ron Hubbard's technology in a heterodox manner.
verb
  1. To store in a secretive manner, to hide something for future use
  2. To become distracted

Pronunciation

/ˈskwɪ.ɹ(ə)l/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-squirrel.wav /ˈskwɝ(ə)l/ En-ca-squirrel.ogg /ˈskwɪ.ɾ(ə)l/ /ˈskwʌ.ɹəl/ /ˈskwɪ.ɹəl/ /ˈskwɪrᵻl/

Word forms

squirrel squirrels squirril squirreling squirrelling squirreled squirrelled

Etymology

From Middle English squirel, squyrelle, from Anglo-Norman esquirel and Old French escurel (whence French écureuil), from Vulgar Latin *scūriolus, diminutive of *scūrius, variant of Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “shadow-tail”, from σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”)). Displaced native Middle English acquerne, aquerne, from Old English ācweorna. See dialectical English con and puristic English oakwern.

Synonyms

sciurid scug

Derived words

Abert squirrel Abert's squirrel African giant squirrel African pygmy squirrel antelope squirrel antisquirrel barking squirrel cat squirrel chipping squirrel Douglas squirrel even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in a while fart squirrel Finlayson's squirrel flickertail squirrel flying squirrel fox squirrel Fremont's squirrel gray squirrel grey squirrel ground squirrel gummy squirrel Himalayan striped squirrel Japanese squirrel Kaibab squirrel leopard squirrel monkey squirrel northern palm squirrel nuttier than squirrel poop nuttier than squirrel shit Oriental giant squirrel palm squirrel parka squirrel pink squirrel Prevost's squirrel purple squirrel red squirrel red-tailed squirrel secret squirrel she-squirrel shrew-faced squirrel squirrel-brain squirrel cage squirrel-cage motor squirrelcide squirrel corn squirreldom squirreless squirrel fish squirrelfish squirrel friend squirrel frog squirrel glider squirrel grass squirrel grip squirrel hake squirrelian squirreliness squirrelish

Translations

Afrikaans: eekhorinkie Albanian: ketër Albanian: ger Algonquin: adjidamò Southern Altai: тийиҥ Amis: fohet Western Apache: na'iłtsóh Arabic: سِنْجَاب Arabic: سنجاب Arabic: نمس Arabic: قرقدون Aragonese: esquirgüelo Armenian: սկյուռ Aromanian: viviritsã Assamese: কেৰ্কেটুৱা Asturian: esquilu Asturian: esguil Azerbaijani: sincab West Coast Bajau: basing Bakung: pu'an Bashkir: тейен Basque: katagorri Basque: urtxintxa Belarusian: вавёрка Bhojpuri: 𑂩𑂳𑂎𑂲 Bhojpuri: गिलहरी Bhojpuri: रूखी Bau Bidayuh: pas Breton: gwiñver Breton: kaz-koad Bulgarian: ка́терица Bunun: puhut Burmese: ရှဉ့် Catalan: esquirol Chechen: тарсал Cherokee: ᏌᎳᎵ Cherokee: ᏌᎶᎵ Cheyenne: no'ee'e Chickasaw: fani' Chinese Cantonese: 松鼠 Chinese: 膨鼠 Chinese: 火鼠 Chinese Mandarin: 松鼠 Chinese Mandarin: 灰鼠 Chinese Mandarin: 栗鼠 Chukchi: равыԓьэӈ Chukchi: равыԓьэӈыт Chuvash: пакша West Circassian: кӏэпхъ Cornish: gwiwer Corsican: currachjolu Corsican: scoiattulu Cowlitz: spə́nč Czech: veverka Dalmatian: viala
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