squir

To throw with a jerking motion; to skim.

Verb

  1. To throw with a jerking motion; to skim.
    • We took a turn or two more, when, to my great surprise, I saw him squir away his watch a considerable way into the Thames - 1711 June 8 (Gregorian calendar), [Eustace Budgell], “MONDAY, May 29, 1711”, in The Spectator,...

Forms

squirs squirring squirred squirr