Thesaurus: squirt
To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice; as, to squirt water.
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Definitions
- v. t. To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice; as, to squirt water.
- v. i. To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice; -- said of liquids.
- v. i. Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.
- n. An instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small stream with force.
- n. A small, quick stream; a jet.
- n. someone who is small and insignificant
- n. the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- v. cause to come out in a squirt
- v. wet with a spurt of liquid
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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.
- n:32/v:68 v. cause to come out in a squirt v. wet with a spurt of liquid