Definition of Squit

1. Noun. (derogatory countable) A person of low status. ¹

2. Noun. (Norfolk uncountable) Nonsense; amusing stories. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Squit

1. a contemptible person [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squit

squishable
squished
squisher
squishers
squishes
squishier
squishiest
squishily
squishiness
squishinesses
squishing
squishingly
squishy
squishyness
squit (current term)
squitch
squitches
squitee
squits
squitter
squittered
squittering
squitters
squiz
squizz
squizzed
squizzes
squizzing

Literary usage of Squit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"squit. (i) A word of supreme contempt for a very diminutive person. ' A paltry squit! ... Ex. ' Hold your squit.' (3) A syringe, a squirt [CHB]. ..."

2. A Glossary of Words Used in East Anglia: Founded on that of Forby : with by Walter Rye, Robert Forby (1895)
"squit. (i) A word of supreme contempt for a very diminutive person. ' A paltry squit ! ' In OE it was Squib, but that word seems to be lost, and the more is ..."

3. Etymons of English Wordsby John Thomson by John Thomson (1826)
"See squit. SQUILL, s. a sea onion, a kind of lobster, an insect; L. SQUIR, ... See squit, confounded apparently with SPIRT. squit, *. a squirt, something ..."

4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"squit. Small. A word confined in its use. "A little squit of a thing" is said disparagingly of a somewhat diminutive and not pleasing young woman. ..."

5. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"squit, s. a word of supreme contempt for a very diminutive person. " A paltry squit! " In o. E. it was squib; but that word seems to be lost, ..."

6. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"squit, s. a word of supreme contempt for a very diminutive person. " A paltry squit! " In o. E. it was squib; but that word seems to be lost, ..."

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