SQUIRT - 12 definitions found
squirt n 1: someone who is small and insignificant [syn: pip-squeak, squirt, small fry] 2: the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) [syn: jet, squirt, spurt, spirt] v 1: cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister" [syn: squirt, force out, squeeze out}, eject] 2: wet with a spurt of liquid; "spurt the wall with water" Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) squirt I. verb Etymology: Middle English; akin to Low German swirtjen to squirt Date: 15th century intransitive verb to come forth in a sudden rapid stream from a narrow opening ; spurt transitive verb to cause to squirt • squirter noun II. noun Date: 15th century 1. a. an instrument (as a syringe) for squirting a liquid b. a small quick stream ; jet c. the action or an instance of squirting 2. a. an impudent youngster b. kid 3 Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary squirt (squirts, squirting, squirted) 1. If you squirt a liquid somewhere or if it squirts somewhere, the liquid comes out of a narrow opening in a thin fast stream. Norman cut open his pie and squirted tomato sauce into it... The water squirted from its throat... VERB: V n prep/adv, V prep/adv • Squirt is also a noun. It just needs a little squirt of oil. N-COUNT: usu N of n 2. If you squirt something with a liquid, you squirt the liquid at it. I squirted him with water... VERB: V n with n English Explanatory Dictionary squirt skwə:t v. & n. --v. 1 tr. eject (liquid or powder) in a jet as from a syringe. 2 intr. (of liquid or powder) be discharged in this way. 3 tr. splash with liquid or powder ejected by squirting. --n. 1 a a jet of water etc. b a small quantity produced by squirting. 2 a a syringe. b (in full squirt-gun) a kind of toy syringe. 3 colloq. an insignificant but presumptuous person. øøsquirter n. [ME, imit.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Squirt \Squirt\, n. (Hydrodynamics) The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Squirt \Squirt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squirting.] [Cf. LG. swirtjen to squirt, OSw. sqv["a]tta, E. squander.] To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice; as, to squirt water. The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire grate. --Sir W. Scott. Squirting cucumber. (Bot.) See Ecballium. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Squirt \Squirt\, v. i. 1. To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice; -- said of liquids. 2. Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate. [Low] --L'Estrange. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Squirt \Squirt\, n. 1. An instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small stream with force. --Young. 2. A small, quick stream; a jet. --Bacon. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms squirt I. v. a. Eject (through a syringe), spirt. II. n. Syringe. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 90 Moby Thesaurus words for "squirt": a nobody, a nothing, blow out, blowout, cast forth, cipher, common man, debouch, decant, discharge, disembogue, disgorge, disgorgement, dummy, dysentery, ejaculate, ejaculation, emission, eruct, eructation, erupt, eruption, exhaust, expel, expulsion, extravasate, extravasation, figurehead, flush, flux, font, fount, fountain, geyser, gush, insignificancy, jackstraw, jet, lightweight, little fellow, little guy, man of straw, mediocrity, nebbish, nobody one knows, nonentity, obscurity, outburst, outpour, pip-squeak, play, pour, pour forth, pour out, punk, pup, puppy, runs, runt, rush, scrub, send forth, send out, shits, shrimp, small fry, small potato, small potatoes, spatter, spew, spit, spout, spouter, sprat, spray, sprit, spritz, spurt, spurtle, squit, stream, surge, throw out, trots, vomit, vomit forth, vomit out, well, whiffet, whippersnapper |
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