squizz

== English == === Alternative forms === squiz === Etymology === From British West Country dialectal squiz (“to look, examine critically”). Perhaps a blend of squint +‎ quiz (“to peer at, eye suspiciously”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skwɪz/ Rhymes: -ɪz === Noun === squizz (plural squizzes) (UK, Commonwealth, colloquial) A look. ==== Synonyms ==== butcher's, butchers dekko gander === Verb === squizz (third-person singular simple present squizzes, present participle squizzing, simple past and past participle squizzed) (UK, Commonwealth, colloquial, usually with "at") To look, to examine. 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. 2010, Linzy Harris, Perdita, Paragon Publishing, UK, page 79, She presented me with a bag, and when I squizzed inside I saw it contained five boxes of cigarettes. === References === Australian slang dictionary from Koala Net