squirrel

noun

/ˈskwɪrəl/

/ˈskwɜːrəl/

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a small animal with a long, thick tail and red, grey or black fur. Squirrels eat nuts and live in trees. see also flying squirrel, ground squirrelTopics Animalsb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- grey/gray
- red
squirrel + verb
- dart
- scamper
- scurry
- …
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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.

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/

Phrasal Verbs

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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.