"squirrel around" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: squirrels around [present, singular, third-person], squirreling around [participle, present], squirrelling around [participle, present], squirreled around [participle, past], squirreled around [past], squirrelled around [participle, past], squirrelled around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past2=squirrelled around|pres_ptc2=squirrelling around}} squirrel around (third-person singular simple present squirrels around, present participle squirreling around or squirrelling around, simple past and past participle squirreled around or squirrelled around)
  1. To move or search erratically, especially as if hurried or confused. Translations (To move or search erratically): esquirolejar (Catalan), säntäillä (Finnish), säntäillä ympäriinsä (Finnish), buszować (Polish)

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "To move or search erratically",
          "word": "esquirolejar"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To move or search erratically",
          "word": "säntäillä"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To move or search erratically",
          "word": "säntäillä ympäriinsä"
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          "sense": "To move or search erratically",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "To move or search erratically",
      "word": "esquirolejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To move or search erratically",
      "word": "säntäillä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To move or search erratically",
      "word": "säntäillä ympäriinsä"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To move or search erratically",
      "word": "buszować"
    }
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  "word": "squirrel around"
}

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