Meaning of SQUIRT
| Pronunciation: | | skwurt
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- [n] the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- [n] someone who is small and insignificant
- [v] wet with a spurt of liquid; "spurt the wall with water"
- [v] cause to come out in a squirt, of liquids
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| | Synonyms: | | eject, force out, jet, pip-squeak, small fry, spirt, spurt, squeeze out |
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| | See Also: | | cipher, cypher, discharge, discharge, extravasate, nobody, nonentity, outpouring, run, spray, spritz, spritz, squish, wet | |
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\Squirt\, n. (Hydrodynamics)
The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
\Squirt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squirted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Squirting}.] [Cf. LG. swirtjen to squirt, OSw. sqv["a]tta,
E. squander.]
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}.
\Squirt\, v. i.
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.
\Squirt\, n.
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.
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