squander

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 References

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[edit] Etymology

Cf. Danish skvætte(rare)/skvatte (“‘to splash’”) (nominalised: skvæt), Icelandic skvetta (“‘to squirt’”), Norwegian bokmål skvette.^[1]

[edit] Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈskwɒndəɹ/

[edit] Verb

to squander (third-person singular simple present squanders, present participle squandering, simple past and past participle squandered)

1. To waste, lavish, splurge

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• Notes:

1. ^ squander in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913