EGAVE

squirrel

About 1.96 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae.
    tree squirrels
  2. noun Any of those distinguished typically by a large bushy tail; any of the tree squirrels of subfamily Sciurinae or phenotypically similar sciurids.
  3. noun Someone who displays squirrel-like qualities such as stealing or hoarding objects.
  4. noun One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.
  5. noun A person, usually a freezoner, who applies L. Ron Hubbard's technology in a heterodox manner.
  6. verb To store in a secretive manner, to hide something for future use.
  7. verb To become distracted.

Similar words

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Often followed by

monkey and monkeys cage in is or was that

Word family

squirreled squirreling squirrelled squirrelling squirrels

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