squirrelly

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Resembling a squirrel. Eccentric.

   Mom can act a bit squirrelly sometimes, and I swear it's usually worse after sunset.

2. adjective Eccentric.

   Mom can act a bit squirrelly sometimes, and I swear it's usually worse after sunset.

3. adjective Unpredictable or jumpy.

   "This aircraft seems to be acting a bit squirrelly," the pilot complained uneasily to his copilot.

4. adjective Literally so.

   Some of these lemurs seem almost squirrelly.

Similar words

funny weird odd squirrellike squirrely squirrelish weaselly snark-like squidlike raccoonlike

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Word family

squirrely