squirrel
(skwɪrəl , US skwɜːrəl )
Word forms: squirrels , squirrelling, squirrelledregional note: in AM, use squirreling, squirreled
countable noun
A squirrel is a small animal with a long furry tail. Squirrels live mainly in trees.
Phrasal verbs:
squirrel away
phrasal verb
If you squirrel things away, you hide or store them so that you can use them in the future.
She says the kid's been squirrelling money away like there's no tomorrow. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
Arlott squirrelled away books, pictures and porcelain plates. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
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Translations:
Chinese: 松鼠
Japanese: リス
- predictable route
- predictable routine
- predictably
- predict a collapse
- predict a decline
- predict a disaster
- predict a failure
- predict an earthquake
- predict a rate
- predict a recession
- predict a recovery
- predict a risk
- predict a slowdown
- predict a storm
- predict a surge
- predict a trend
- predict a winner
- predict beforehand
- predict doom
- predicted grades
- predict exactly
- predict growth
- predict inflation
- prediction
- prediction proves