squirrelly

1. Resembling a squirrel.Examples: "Mom can act a bit squirrelly sometimes, and I swear it's usually worse after sunset."; "Near-synonyms: batty, nuts, nutty; see also Thesaurus:eccentric, Thesaurus:insane"; "Craphound had wicked yard-sale karma, for a rotten, filthy alien bastard. He was too good at panning out the single grain of gold in a raging river of uselessness for me not to like him — respect him, anyway. But then he found the cowboy trunk. It was two months' rent to me and nothing but some squirrelly alien kitsch-fetish to Craphound."figuratively

2. Resembling a squirrel.Examples: ""This aircraft seems to be acting a bit squirrelly," the pilot complained uneasily to his copilot."; ""We got bumped. We got thumped," an American pilot was heard saying. A U.S. pilot also reported that a Chinese plane was "squirrely. Not real steady.""; "Buscemi relished the chance to portray the squirrelly, volatile crook Carl Showalter, a figure that came together only once the actor got dressed."figuratively

3. Resembling a squirrel.Examples: "Some of these lemurs seem almost squirrelly."