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Definition of squiz in English: squiznoun skwɪz Australian, NZ informal A look or glance. 看;瞥 take a squiz out that window Example sentencesExamples - It all started when one day, he popped in to a local gym for a bit of a squiz.
- Then we discovered that when the Auditor-General went in there to have a squiz, the officials did not even know whom they had been giving it to.
- The fact that traffic was actually slowing down to take a squiz wasn't helping either.
- A quick squiz at today's Australian will show you why.
- We figure that we might cut them some slack in this last week… at least until we get a squiz of our end of year results.
- Hold it up high Rex, so everyone can get a quick squiz.
- In fact, having a squiz at David's site has convinced me to have a go at formatting this via CSS rather than through tables.
- Well, she's the version of Samantha's sister (can't for the life of me remember the name, and I can't be bothered getting up to walk to my room and taking a squiz at the book).
- What caught me unawares this morning was a brief squiz at The Australian online.
- I then went over to Margaret and Fraka's tent and said a quick hello and told them I was ‘just going over for a quick squiz at the rocks and wouldn't be very long.’
Synonyms glance, observation, view, examination, study, inspection, scan, survey, sight, peep, peek, glimpse, gaze, stare, gape, ogle
verb skwɪz [with object]Australian, NZ informal Look or glance at. 看;瞥 the mechanic squizzed the plane's cargo Example sentencesExamples - After squizzing a 4’ nurse shark, we returned to the dinghy and motored over to check out another spot.
- Also, Morag kindly squizzed over my script with me last night and I feel so much happier with the dialogue write-up, now.
- I know Canaan was the son of Ham - I was squizzing though Genesis before my 2 year old woke up and can't get any further while he's awake… waaay past his bed-time.
Synonyms take a quick look, look quickly, look briefly, peek, peep
OriginEarly 20th century: probably a blend of quiz2 and squint. Rhymesbiz, Cadíz, Cadiz, fizz, frizz, gee-whiz, his, is, Liz, Ms, phiz, quiz, swizz, tizz, viz, whizz, wiz, zizz |