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   Squirt

   /skwərt/

   

   verb

   • 1. cause (a liquid) to be ejected from a small opening in a thin, fast stream or jet: "she squirted soda into a glass"
   • ▪ cause (a container of liquid) to eject its contents in a thin, fast stream: "some youngsters squirted a water pistol in her face"
   • ▪ wet with a jet or stream of liquid: "she squirted me with the juice from her lemon wedge" Similar splashwetsprayshowerspatterbespattersplattersprinkleinformal:slabberliterary:besprinkle
   • ▪ (of a liquid) be ejected from something in a thin, fast stream: "tread on one of these and a jet of water squirts up your leg" Similar spurtshootsprayspritzfountainjeteruptgushpourstreamrushpumpsurgespewspillflowcoursewellspringburstissueemanatedisgorgedischargeemitbelch forthexpelejectinformal:sloosh
   • ▪ (of an object) move suddenly and unpredictably: "he got his glove on the ball but it squirted away"
   • 2. transmit (information) in highly compressed or speeded-up form: "radio equipment could squirt a million words from one continent to another"

   noun

   • 1. a thin stream or small quantity of liquid ejected from something: "a quick squirt of perfume" Similar spurtjetsprayspritzfountaingushstreamsurgeflow
   • ▪ a small device from which a liquid may be ejected in a thin, fast stream.
   • 2. a person perceived to be insignificant, impudent, or presumptuous: informal "what did he see in this patronizing little squirt?" Similar impudent personinsignificant persongnatinsectinformal:pipsqueaktwerpnerdjohnnysquitwhippersnappergitplonkernyaffbozopicayunepishersnipsmart moutharchaic:malapertqueanarchaic, informal:dandipratvulgar slang:pissantsmall fry
   • 3. a compressed radio signal transmitted at high speed.

   Word Origin Middle English (as a verb): imitative.

   Derivatives

   • 1. squirter noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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