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Squirt

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Noun

1. pip-squeak, small fry, squirt

someone who is small and insignificant

2. jet, spirt, spurt, squirt

the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

Verb

3. eject, force out, squeeze out, squirt

cause to come out in a squirt

Example Sentences:
'the boy squirted water at his little sister'

4. squirt

wet with a spurt of liquid

Example Sentences:
'spurt the wall with water'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Squirt

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verb
1. 
to force (a liquid) or (of a liquid) to be forced out of a narrow opening
2. (transitive)
to cover or spatter with liquid so ejected
noun
3. 
a jet or amount of liquid so ejected
4. 
the act or an instance of squirting
5. 
an instrument used for squirting
6. informal
a. 
a person regarded as insignificant or contemptible
b. 
a short person

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Squirt

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verb transitive
1. 
to shoot out (a liquid) in a jet or narrow stream
2. 
to wet with liquid so shot out
verb intransitive
3. 
to be squirted out; spurt
noun
4. 
something used to squirt liquid, as a syringe
5. 
the act of squirting
6. 
a small amount of squirted liquid; jet or narrow stream
7.  Informal
a small or young person, esp. one who is impudent; whippersnapper

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Squirt

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v. squirt·ed, squirt·ing, squirts
v.intr.
1. To flow from a narrow opening in a thin forceful stream or jet; spurt.
2. To issue in a thick flow: A dab of toothpaste squirted from the tube.
3. To eject liquid in a forceful stream or thick flow: squeezed the lemon till it squirted.
4. To move in a sudden dart or burst: "The pigeon squirted out of the old man's hand into the cage" (E. Annie Proulx).
v.tr.
1. To eject (liquid) forcibly in a thin stream from a narrow opening.
2. To squeeze out or extrude in a thick flow: squirted a bead of caulk into the crack.
3. To wet with a spurt of liquid.
n.
1. The act of squirting.
2. An instrument, such as a syringe, used for squirting.
3. A squirted jet of liquid.
4. Slang
a. A small or young person.
b. An insignificant or contemptible person.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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