squiz
/skwɪz
/Australian /NZ informal
noun
A look or glance: take a squiz out that window...
- 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.
- A quick squiz at today's Australian will show you why.
- What caught me unawares this morning was a brief squiz at The Australian online.
verb [with object]
Look or glance at: the mechanic squizzed the plane’s cargo...
- 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.
- After squizzing a 4’ nurse shark, we returned to the dinghy and motored over to check out another spot.
Origin
Early 20th century: probably a blend of quiz2 and squint.