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  • noun Plural form of squirt.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squirt.

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Examples

  • But how many of you have any idea that these same 'squirts' really belong to the great division of vertebrates or backboned animals?

    Chatterbox, 1906 Various 1873

  • Thursday night, more than a dozen 9 - and 10-year-olds, competing in the "squirts" division, put in one last practice at Centennial before Saturday's hockey action starts.

    billingsgazette.com 2009

  • "squirts," and his old coach was thrown off the ice after a political dispute with the local hockey authorities I know that sounds silly, but there it is but from Sam's point of view, it was all pretty simple.

    NYT > Home Page By LISA BELKIN 2010

  • "all that puss and gooey stuff that kind of squirts out" -- at oncoming defenders.

    Dallas Cowboys 2008

  • It was covered with concretion — a mixture of shells, sand and other debris attracted by the leaching wrought iron — and a few sea squirts.

    Blackbeard's anchor recovered off N.C. coast 2011

  • It was covered with concretion — a mixture of shells, sand and other debris attracted by the leaching wrought iron — and a few sea squirts.

    Blackbeard's anchor recovered off N.C. coast 2011

  • This is in part a logical response to the fact there are bars everywhere: the thronged lager counter with its squirts of whippy-foamed plastic fizz.

    Sozzled - how English cricket got lost in drink | Barney Ronay 2011

  • It was covered with concretion — a mixture of shells, sand and other debris attracted by the leaching wrought iron — and a few sea squirts.

    Blackbeard's anchor recovered off N.C. coast 2011

  • She plays silly games with them, squirts whipped cream from a can in their mouths, and gives them the roots that every child needs.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011

  • In a sauté pan over medium heat coat the bottom with olive oil and add 2 chopped garlic cloves and 2 squirts of anchovy paste.

    Jordana Zizmor: An Easy Meatless Monday Valentine's Day Dinner Jordana Zizmor 2011

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