squirt

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: pip-squeaksmall fryjetspurtspirtforce outsqueeze outeject

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. someone who is small and insignificantSynonyms: pip-squeaksmall fry
  2. the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)Synonyms: jetspurtspirt

Verb (2)

  1. cause to come out in a squirt“the boy squirted water at his little sister”Synonyms: force outsqueeze outeject
  2. wet with a spurt of liquid“spurt the wall with water”
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Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]

The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire grate. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

Squirting cucumber. (Bot.) See Ecballium. [1913 Webster]

Squirt \Squirt\, v. i.

1.To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice; -- said of liquids. [1913 Webster]

2.Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate. [Low] --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]

Squirt \Squirt\, n.

1.An instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small stream with force. --Young. [1913 Webster]

2.A small, quick stream; a jet. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

3.(Hydrodynamics) The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4.a youngster. [PJC]

5.a short, overly assertive, or impudent person, especially when young; -- used in contempt. [PJC]

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