Meaning of squit | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person of low status.
   countable, derogatory, informal
2. A light squishing or splattering sound.
   onomatopoeic
3. Nonsense; amusing stories.
   Norfolk, uncountable

Examples

“Not a favourite son, of course — Lord, no! — more a sort of illegitimate backstairs sort of sprog, you know: a sort of spotty squit that nobody really likes.”

“'It isn't so funny when it's the other way round, is it?' I snarl, before adding, 'You geeky little squit,' for good measure.”

“I couldn't believe my ears: at Roedean a new girl spent at least a term having it drummed into her what an insignificant little squit she was; and here were these girls being welcoming!”

“'Cor blast, Tovell, you don't half talk some squit at times!' exclaimed Ted Carter. ‘Squit! It's the gospel truth.[…]’”

“In 1985, asked by the writer Richard Whittington-Egan if he believed in this apparition, an old local man replied that it was ‘a load of old squit.’”

“"Mr. Kuttner, you know I'm the best in this business, don't you?" he said, swatting at a mosquito. It went squit and left a smear of blood on his cheek.”

“She turned away and stalked back through the lounge, her running shoes making a squit-squit-squit sound on the tiles, punctuated by the slam of the front door.”

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