squizz
noun/skwɪz/
Etymology
From British dialectal (Cornwall) squiz (“to look, examine critically”). Perhaps a blend of squint + quiz (“to peer at, eye suspiciously”).
Definitions
A look.
- The building itself is worth a squizz; its modern metal forms and structures evoke maritime themes.
- “That lot heard about the place and came in here on their way to an Antarctic research station. But mostly, it′s just curious folks that drop by for a squizz—like you, for instance.”
- “I'll get you to have a look at the paper work and just have a squizz through some patient′s case notes, so you get an idea of how we document our daily nursing units of care.[…]”
To look, to examine.
- He liked to see them laughing, enjoying themselves, squizzing at the antics of whitefellers in party mood.
- 1999, Lindsay Charman-Love, Top Hat and Taiaha, Huia Short Stories 3, Huia Publishers, New Zealand, page 44, Others were off at the shops getting ice blocks or squizzing at the boats down at the wharf.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for squizz. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA