squizzle
verbEtymology Perhaps a blend of squirt + drizzle; or from a diminutive of squeeze, equivalent to squeeze + -le (diminutive suffix).
1
To squirt out.
2
Dialectal To cry easily.
squizzle
nounEtymology Perhaps a blend of squirt + drizzle; or from a diminutive of squeeze, equivalent to squeeze + -le (diminutive suffix).
- Daddy settled down to be a diabetic with no more comment than in an occasional letter: "I started my day as usual with a squizzle of insulin."1952, Virginia Douglas Dawson, Betty Douglas Wilson, The Shape of Sunday: An Intimate Biography of Lloyd C. Douglas:
- Then you take a fistful of it and squeeze it, and if it holds the shape of your hand it's short enough. Add just a squizzle of cold water, only enough to hold it together.2006, Rose Whitney Smith, Blueberry Chowder:
2 more examples
- The ringing tone ceased and I heard Annie's voice through a squizzle of interference.2011, Nicholas Royle, Regicide:
- Another unique characteristic was their habit of putting a “squizzle,” a squeeze of lime in their morning coffee.2015, Marjorie Tallman, Dictionary of American Folklore: