Squirt

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Squirt \Squirt\ (skw[~e]rt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squirted}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Squirting}.] [Cf. LG. swirtjen to squirt, OSw.
     sqv[aum]tta, E. squander.]
     To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or
     orifice; as, to squirt water.
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           The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco
           in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire
           grate.                                   --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     {Squirting cucumber}. (Bot.) See {Ecballium}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Squirt \Squirt\, v. i.
     1. To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a
        narrow orifice; -- said of liquids.
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     2. Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.
        [Low] --L'Estrange.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Squirt \Squirt\, n.
     1. An instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small
        stream with force. --Young.
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     2. A small, quick stream; a jet. --Bacon.
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     3. (Hydrodynamics) The whole system of flow in the vicinity
        of a source.
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     4. a youngster.
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     5. a short, overly assertive, or impudent person, especially
        when young; -- used in contempt.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  squirt
       n 1: someone who is small and insignificant [syn: {pip-squeak}, {small
            fry}]
       2: the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) [syn: {jet},
           {spurt}, {spirt}]
       v 1: cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at
            his little sister" [syn: {force out}, {squeeze out}, {eject}]
       2: wet with a spurt of liquid; "spurt the wall with water"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  90 Moby Thesaurus words for "squirt":
     a nobody, a nothing, blow out, blowout, cast forth, cipher,
     common man, debouch, decant, discharge, disembogue, disgorge,
     disgorgement, dummy, dysentery, ejaculate, ejaculation, emission,
     eruct, eructation, erupt, eruption, exhaust, expel, expulsion,
     extravasate, extravasation, figurehead, flush, flux, font, fount,
     fountain, geyser, gush, insignificancy, jackstraw, jet,
     lightweight, little fellow, little guy, man of straw, mediocrity,
     nebbish, nobody one knows, nonentity, obscurity, outburst, outpour,
     pip-squeak, play, pour, pour forth, pour out, punk, pup, puppy,
     runs, runt, rush, scrub, send forth, send out, shits, shrimp,
     small fry, small potato, small potatoes, spatter, spew, spit,
     spout, spouter, sprat, spray, sprit, spritz, spurt, spurtle, squit,
     stream, surge, throw out, trots, vomit, vomit forth, vomit out,
     well, whiffet, whippersnapper