Crossword clues for squirrely
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
squirrely
also squirrelly, 1895, "abounding in squirrels;" 1910 as "reminiscent in some way of a squirrel," from squirrel (n.) + -y (2). Earlier was squirrelish (1834). Related: Squirreliness.
Usage examples of "squirrely".
He can hear the scrub, scrub of Margaret cleaning the floor of the kitchen, and some minor arrhythmias in the heartbeats of the enlisted men, and the boom of glaciers calving on the coast of Iceland, and the squirrely drone of hastily machined propellers on approaching convoy ships.