spunky[“sp@Nki] mod. gutsy; courageous.
I like a spunky girl—one who can really
dance. The guy’s a shrimp, but he’s
spunky.
square 1. mod. old-fashioned; law-abiding;
stodgy. Man, you are really square.
I come from a very square family. 2. n. a
person who behaves properly. You are
a square if I ever saw one. Ask that
square what her favorite kind of music is.
- and square jointn. a tobacco ciga-
rette, compared to a marijuana cigarette.
You got a square on you? I’ll take a
reefer. I’ve heard that squares will give you
cancer. 4. tv. to settle or to make some-
thing right. Let’s talk about squaring
this matter. Will twenty bucks square
the matter? 5. Go to square (meal).
square appleGo to square john.
squared awaymod. straightened out.
I’m not really squared away on this stuff,
but I’m beginning to see the light. We’ ll
get everything squared away in a few days.
squared upmod. no longer taking drugs.
(Drugs.) Walter is squared up now and
spends a lot of time trying to help others.
Max’ll never get himself squared up.
square john and square applen. some-
one who obeys the rules; a square.
Fred is a square john. There’s no point in
worrying about him. All those square
apples can take care of themselves.
square john broadn. an honest, straight-
forward woman. (Underworld.) Betty
is okay. She’s a real square john broad.
We need a square john broad to give this
place a look of respectability.
square jointGo to square.
square (meal)n. a good and nutritious
meal. (Always with quantifier when
squareis used without meal.) I need
three squares a day—at least. The old
soak looks like he could use a square meal.
square offin. to prepare to fight; to pre-
pare to argue or compete. They were
squaring off, so I asked them if they’d like
to step outside. Let’s square off and de-
bate this thing properly.
square peg (in a round hole)n. some-
one who does not fit in. I’m a square
peg in a round hole. Maybe I am meant
to be eccentric. Kelly seems to be a
square peg. What’ll we do with him?
square shootern. an honest person. (See
also straight shooter.) I trust Sam. He’s
a square shooter. He wouldn’t do any-
thing shabby. He’s a square shooter.
square with someonein. to become hon-
est with someone. I want you to square
with me. Tell the truth this time. Okay,
I’ll square with you. Terry did it.
squat 1. in. to sit (down). Come on in
and squat for a while. Squat over here
by the fire. 2. n. nothing. (See also did-
dly-squat.) I worked all day on this, and
she didn’t pay me squat. I earn just a lit-
tle more than squat, but I am very pleased
with my life.
squawk 1. in. to complain. Come on,
don’t squawk all the time! Some people
squawk because they don’t have anything
else to do. 2. n. a complaint. Here’s an-
other squawk from the lady on the third
floor. I have a list of squawks from the
mayor’s office. 3. tv. & in. to reveal or
blab something. Watch Tracy. She may
decide to squawk. She squawked the
whole business to the fuzz.
squawk boxn. a public address system; a
loudspeaker, especially if installed in a
box or other housing. A raspy voice
came over the squawk box announcing the
arrival of what we had been waiting for.
The squawk box was strangely quiet
through the night.
squeaky cleanmod. very clean. (Like a
clean glass that squeaks when one rubs a
finger on it.) I got this f loor squeaky
clean. Don’t spill anything on it. Some-
body tracked mud on my squeaky clean
floor!
squealin. to inform (someone about some-
thing). Who squealed to the cops?
Tracy squealed on us.
squealer 1. n. an informer. (Underworld.)
Tracy is a terrible squealer. Some
squealer let the cops know what was going
to happen. 2. n. a pig; a piglet. Theyspunky