squirl

A flourish in handwriting.

Noun

  1. A flourish in handwriting.

Origin

Blend of squiggle + twirl.

Forms

squirls

Noun US, dialectal

  1. A squirrel.
    • “Git up that tree. Look here at this squirl, Benjy.” - 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, Folio Society, published 2016, page 6:

Origin

Eye-dialect.

Forms

squirls