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Squit

//skwɪt// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person of low status. countable, derogatory, informal

    "Not a favourite son, of course — Lord, no! — more a sort of illegitimate backstairs sort of sprog, you know: a sort of spotty squit that nobody really likes."

  2. 2
    A light squishing or splattering sound. onomatopoeic

    ""Mr. Kuttner, you know I'm the best in this business, don't you?" he said, swatting at a mosquito. It went squit and left a smear of blood on his cheek."

  3. 3
    Nonsense; amusing stories. Norfolk, uncountable

    "'Cor blast, Tovell, you don't half talk some squit at times!' exclaimed Ted Carter. ‘Squit! It's the gospel truth.[…]’"

Verb
  1. 1
    To disconnect (an IRC server) from a network. Internet, transitive

    "[…] these problems solved themselves atfter^([sic]) some 10 minutes or so, without an ircop interferring^([sic]) into channel affairs by squitting his/her server to gain chanop status."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Possibly related to squirt (“small child”); from 19th c.

Etymology 2

Short for server quit.

Etymology 3

Imitative.

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