squizzle

To squirt out.

Noun

  1. A small amount of liquid, etc.; a squirt.
    • Daddy settled down to be a diabetic with no more comment than in an occasional letter: "I started my day as usual with a squizzle of insulin." - 1952, Virginia Douglas Dawson, Betty Douglas Wilson, The Shape of Sunday:...
    • Then you take a fistful of it and squeeze it, and if it holds the shape of your hand it's short enough. Add just a squizzle of cold water, only enough to hold it together. - 2006, Rose Whitney Smith, Blueberry Chowder:
    • The ringing tone ceased and I heard Annie's voice through a squizzle of interference. - 2011, Nicholas Royle, Regicide:

Origin

Perhaps a blend of squirt + drizzle; or from a diminutive of squeeze, equivalent to squeeze + -le (diminutive suffix).

Forms

squizzles

Verb Entry 2

  1. To squirt out.
  2. To cry easily.

Forms

squizzles squizzling squizzled

Verb dialectal

  1. To choke; throttle.

Origin

Apparently from squeeze + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare English dialectal quizzle (“to suffocate”). More at squeeze.

Forms

squizzles squizzling squizzled

Related

squizzen