English Explanatory Dictionary

squirrelly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Resembling a squirrel.
  2. Eccentric.
  3. Unpredictable or jumpy.
  4. Literally so.

Pronunciation

/ˈskwɝli/ /ˈskwɪɹəli/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-squirrelly.wav

Word forms

squirrelly squirrellier more squirrelly squirrelliest most squirrelly squirrely

Etymology

From squirrel + -ly, 1925. Presumably from the erratic movement of squirrels, or by analogy with nuts (“insane”).

Synonyms

batty nuts nutty aberrant abnormal anomalous balmy barmy bizarre crackpot cranky eccentric eccentrical erratic excentrical extraordinary far-out freakish heteroclite idiocentric idiosyncratic irregular kookish kooky nutbar odd oddballish off-centre outlandish outré peculiar pixilated queer quirky quizzy spacy squirrelly uncommon wacky weird whimsical whimsome wifty Wodehousian Wonkaesque 5150 bananas barking barking mad buggish buggy bughouse batchy batpoop bats bonkers bread baskets cracked crackers cra-cra

Derived words

squirrelliness
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