Squizzle

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small amount of liquid, etc.; a squirt. informal, rare

    "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.""

Verb
  1. 1
    To squirt out. transitive
  2. 2
    To choke; throttle. dialectal
  3. 3
    To cry easily. dialectal

Example

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"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.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

Perhaps a blend of squirt + drizzle; or from a diminutive of squeeze, equivalent to squeeze + -le (diminutive suffix).

Etymology 2

Apparently from squeeze + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare English dialectal quizzle (“to suffocate”). More at squeeze.

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