Squizz

Pronunciation

• IPA: en, /skwɪz/
• Rhymes: -en, -ɪz

Alternative forms

• squiz

Origin

From British dialectal (Devonshire) squiz. Perhaps a ensquint ("to peer at, eye suspiciously").

Full definition of squizz

Noun

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A look.
• 2002, Chris Rowthorn, Alex Landragin, Kate Daly, Victoria, Lonely Planet, %22squizzes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=6Si7qFqiZo&sig=h8_6gKPsfuFiFawn64LP1KrOYXE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UjRkUMCsM_CdiAeMyIDgCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22squizz%22|%22squizzes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 297,The building itself is worth a squizz; its modern metal forms and structures evoke maritime themes.
• 2009, William Efford, Picaroon, %22squizzes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=kiIvcRn-VS&sig=Ej9qBxMNJe2BflO-irbsGUws50Y&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UjRkUMCsM_CdiAeMyIDgCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22squizz%22|%22squizzes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 77,“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.”
• 2012, Annette Evalyn Swain, Suicide Angels and the Silent Terrorists: A Story About Bullying, iUniverse, %22squizzes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=etlx3iiJZh&sig=f86SwnSA3XNVUPSW4QR5TAhVI48&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UjRkUMCsM_CdiAeMyIDgCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22squizz%22|%22squizzes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 82,“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....”
• 2012, Jo Nesbø, The Bat, %22squizzes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=Crh6uNWfA7&sig=uJYyUWZGO9twBeyviUg1oBePjOk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UjRkUMCsM_CdiAeMyIDgCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22squizz%22|%22squizzes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 328,I think it would be a good idea to have a squizz at Toowoomba′s place.

Synonyms

• butcher's, butchers
• gander

Verb

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, usually with "at") To look, to examine.
• 1885, Emily Cruwys Sharland, Ways and means in a Devonshire village, a book for mothers′ meetings, %22squizzed%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22squizzing%22|%22squizzed%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=a-kumjnyTv&sig=CPFFk7RHOYgFWWDpknok8sxX1Z8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r05kUJbzCMWoiAf47oGICw&redir_esc=y page 19,“That′s just according to how you bring them up, Jane,” Betsy replied ; “if they′d had porridge from the first, they′d have eaten it fast enough ; and it isn′t good to allow children to be squizzing (looking) into their food and picking it over.”
• 1998, Patricia Shaw (novelist), A Cross of Stars, 2011, %22squizzed%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=h29W6oiKzg&sig=CZV3hhyenb2ZDm78yw5Js9SgXXk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r05kUJbzCMWoiAf47oGICw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22squizzing%22|%22squizzed%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page,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, %22squizzed%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=fa_3RxFCbo&sig=D-vvE8ED2wsXAC1qWuiaq42sx6g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r05kUJbzCMWoiAf47oGICw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22squizzing%22|%22squizzed%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 44,Others were off at the shops getting ice blocks or squizzing at the boats down at the wharf.
• 2010, Linzy Harris, Perdita, Paragon Publishing, UK, %22squizzed%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=ZLdeKdWRCD&sig=67KzIlXM5Z9fhuAKSB5D_gQmMJ4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r05kUJbzCMWoiAf47oGICw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22squizzing%22|%22squizzed%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 79,She presented me with a bag, and when I squizzed inside I saw it contained five boxes of cigarettes.