SQUIRT

jet, squirt, spurt, spirt

(noun) the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

squirt, pip-squeak, small fry

(noun) someone who is small and insignificant

squirt, force out, squeeze out, eject

(verb) cause to come out in a squirt; “the boy squirted water at his little sister”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

squirt (countable and uncountable, plural squirts)

An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.

A small, quick stream; a jet.

(hydrodynamics) The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.

A burst of noise.

(slang) An annoyingly pretentious person; a whippersnapper. [From 1839.]

(UK, US, Australia, slang) A small child.

(slang, vulgar, uncountable) Female ejaculate.

Synonyms

• (instrument that forcefully ejects liquid)

• (small, quick stream)

• (annoyingly pretentious person)

• (small child): anklebiter

Verb

squirt (third-person singular simple present squirts, present participle squirting, simple past and past participle squirted)

(intransitive, of a liquid) To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.

(transitive, of a liquid) To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.

(transitive) To hit with a rapid stream of liquid.

(transitive, figuratively, obsolete) To throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.

(intransitive, slang, vulgar, of a female) To ejaculate.

Synonyms

• (to be ejected in a rapid stream)

• (to cause to be ejected in a rapid stream)

• (to eject a rapid stream at)

• (to speak rapidly)

• ((of a female) to ejaculate)

Anagrams

• quirts

Source: Wiktionary

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Squirt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squirting.] Etym: [Cf. LG. swirtjen to squirt, OSw. sqvätta, E. squander.]

Definition: 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.

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.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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