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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024squirt /skwɜrt/USA pronunciation v. - to send out (liquid) in a quick, sudden jet or spurt: [no object]The lemon squirted in my eye.[~ + object]The hose squirted water.
- to send out liquid on or at (someone or something) in a quick, sudden jet or spurt:[~ + object]She squirted me with water from the garden hose.
n. [countable] - the act of squirting.
- a small spurt of liquid.
- a small quantity of liquid that has been squirted:a squirt of chocolate sauce on her ice cream.
- Informal Terms
- a youngster, esp. a bothersome one.
- an instrument for squirting, such as a syringe.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024squirt (skwûrt),USA pronunciation v.i. - to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice:The hose squirted all over us.
- to eject a spurt of liquid:The lemon squirted in my eye.
v.t. - to cause (liquid or a viscous substance) to spurt or issue in a jet, as from a narrow orifice:Squirt the water over that way!
- to wet or bespatter with a liquid or viscous substance so ejected:to squirt someone with a hose.
n. - the act of squirting.
- a spurt or jetlike stream, as of water.
- a small quantity of liquid or viscous substance squirted:Put a squirt of chocolate sauce on my ice cream.
- Informal Terms
- a youngster, esp. a meddlesome or impudent one.
- a short person.
- an insignificant, self-assertive person, esp. one who is small or young.
- Slang Termsan instrument for squirting, as a syringe.
- PathologyUsually, squirts. [Dial.]diarrhea.
- 1425–75; (verb, verbal) late Middle English squirten, apparently variant of swirten; cognate with Low German swirtjen in same sense; perh. akin to swirl; (noun, nominal) late Middle English sqwyrt diarrhea, derivative of the verb, verbal
squirt′er, n. squirt′ing•ly, adv. - 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged jet, spray, stream.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: squirt /skwɜːt/ vb - to force (a liquid) or (of a liquid) to be forced out of a narrow opening
- (transitive) to cover or spatter with liquid so ejected
n - a jet or amount of liquid so ejected
- the act or an instance of squirting
- an instrument used for squirting
- informal a person regarded as insignificant or contemptible
- a short person
Etymology: 15th Century: of imitative originˈsquirter n |