Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To flow from a narrow opening in a thin forceful stream or jet; spurt.
- intransitive verb To issue in a thick flow.
- intransitive verb To eject liquid in a forceful stream or thick flow.
- intransitive verb To move in a sudden dart or burst.
- intransitive verb To eject (liquid) forcibly in a thin stream from a narrow opening.
- intransitive verb To squeeze out or extrude in a thick flow.
- intransitive verb To wet with a spurt of liquid.
- noun The act of squirting.
- noun An instrument, such as a syringe, used for squirting.
- noun A squirted jet of liquid.
- noun A small or young person.
- noun An insignificant or contemptible person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To force (lead or other metal) by hydraulic pressure into the form of rods or pipes; to force through a small hole under pressure as in the manufacture of carbonaceous paste into filaments for glow-lamps or into pencils for arc-lamps.
- noun An instrument with which a liquid may be ejected in a strong jet-like stream; a syringe.
- noun A small jet: as, a squirt of water.
- noun A system of motion of a fluid, where the motion is everywhere irrotational, and where there is no expansion except at isolated points.
- noun Looseness of the bowels; diarrhea.
- noun A small, insignificant, but self-assertive fellow; an upstart; a cad.
- noun A hasty start or spurt.
- noun A sea-squirt; an ascidian or tunicary.
- To eject with suddenness and force in a jet or rapid stream from a narrow orifice: as, to
squirt water in one's face. - To spatter or bespatter.
- To issue suddenly in a thin jet or jet-like stream, as from a syringe, or a narrow orifice suddenly opened; spurt.
- To prate; blab.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice.
- transitive verb (Bot.) See
Ecballium . - noun An instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small stream with force.
- noun A small, quick stream; a jet.
- noun (Hydrodynamics) The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
- noun a youngster.
- noun a short, overly assertive, or impudent person, especially when young; -- used in contempt.
- intransitive verb To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice; -- said of liquids.
- intransitive verb Low Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
instrument from which aliquid isforcefully ejected in a small, quickstream . - noun A small, quick stream; a
jet . - noun UK, US, Australia, slang A
small child. - noun slang Female ejaculate
- verb intransitive, of a liquid To be
thrown out , or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narroworifice . - verb transitive, of a liquid To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow
orifice . - verb transitive To hit with a rapid stream of liquid.
- verb transitive, figuratively To throw out or utter words rapidly; to
prate . - verb intransitive, slang, vulgar, of a female To
ejaculate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause to come out in a squirt
- verb wet with a spurt of liquid
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- noun someone who is small and insignificant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Gary Poop-squirt is back from his training seminars in Idaho with the Hitler Militia.
Think Progress » Scottie in Denial: White House Still Clinging to “Same Intelligence” Myth 2005
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It's a floating pool-chair, with foot-peddled paddle-wheels and twin squirt-guns for repelling invaders.
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That squirt, that is about a sip of a mixed drink.
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HAMMER: Well, it ` s being called the squirt heard ` round the world.
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We have a thing called squirt-out Wednesdays, every Wednesday you bring a porn.
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They are called squirt leagues. that was a great clean hit by mckee ... people can call him a turtle but he was fighting back ... sutherby took him down though so mckee couldnt punch when he was pretty much looking down at the ice
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Yup, we still have to "squirt" the medication into the tissues, usually after placing some topical anesthetic.
Local Anesthesia in Pediatric Dentistry Dr. Dean Brandon 2007
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And then one day he saw that which moved him to uneasy wrath -- two riders, in a glade of the Park close to the Ham Gate, of whom she on the left-hand was most assuredly Holly on her silver roan, and he on the right-hand as assuredly that 'squirt' Val Dartie.
The Forsyte Saga - Complete John Galsworthy 1900
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And then one day he saw that which moved him to uneasy wrath -- two riders, in a glade of the Park close to the Ham Gate, of whom she on the left-hand was most assuredly Holly on her silver roan, and he on the right-hand as assuredly that 'squirt' Val Dartie.
Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900
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And then one day he saw that which moved him to uneasy wrath -- two riders, in a glade of the Park close to the Ham Gate, of whom she on the left-hand was most assuredly Holly on her silver roan, and he on the right-hand as assuredly that 'squirt' Val Dartie.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume II. Indian Summer of a Forsyte In Chancery John Galsworthy 1900
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