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Definition of squirrel verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

squirrel

verb
 
/ˈskwɪrəl/
 
/ˈskwɜːrəl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they squirrel
 
/ˈskwɪrəl/
 
/ˈskwɜːrəl/
he / she / it squirrels
 
/ˈskwɪrəlz/
 
/ˈskwɜːrəlz/
past simple squirrelled
 
/ˈskwɪrəld/
 
/ˈskwɜːrəld/
past participle squirrelled
 
/ˈskwɪrəld/
 
/ˈskwɜːrəld/
(US English) past simple squirreled
 
/ˈskwɪrəld/
 
/ˈskwɜːrəld/
(US English) past participle squirreled
 
/ˈskwɪrəld/
 
/ˈskwɜːrəld/
-ing form squirrelling
 
/ˈskwɪrəlɪŋ/
 
/ˈskwɜːrəlɪŋ/
(US English) -ing form squirreling
 
/ˈskwɪrəlɪŋ/
 
/ˈskwɜːrəlɪŋ/
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    Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French esquireul, from a diminutive of Latin sciurus, from Greek skiouros, from skia ‘shade’ + oura ‘tail’. Current verb senses date from the early 20th cent.
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