squirt

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English

Etymology

From Middle English squirten, squyrten, of uncertain origin; probably onomatopoeic. Akin to swirl. Compare Low German swirtjen (“to squirt”) and Swedish water onomatopoeias skvala, skvalp, skvimpa, and skvätta; Icelandic skvetta; and Norwegian skvette.

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Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /skwɝt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /skwɜːt/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Noun

squirt (countable and uncountable, plural squirts)

1. An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.
2. A small, quick stream; a jet.
3. (hydrodynamics) The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
4. A burst of noise.
5. (slang) An annoyingly pretentious person; a whippersnapper. [From 1839.]
6. (UK, Ireland, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, slang) A small child.

   Hey squirt! Where you been?

   • 1986, Alethea Helbig, Agnes Perkins, Cutlass Island, entry in Dictionary of American Children′s Fiction, 1960-1984: Recent Books of Recognized Merit, page 137,

     Hurd returns with Mal, Mr. Eph, and Gumbo, the “town squirt” of twelve, and the boys′ activities come out.

   • 2010, Karen Witemeyer, A Tailor-Made Bride, Bethany House Publishers, US, page 66,

     How the child managed to converse and fold at the same time was a marvel, yet the shirt lay in a tidy rectangle by the time she came up for air.

     “Thanks, squirt.” He winked at her and she giggled.

7. (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Female ejaculate.
8. (informal) An act of urination.

9. A maneuver in which a kayak is forced into a nearly vertical position.

Synonyms

• (instrument that forcefully ejects liquid):
• (small, quick stream):
• (annoyingly pretentious person):
• (small child): ankle-biter

Derived terms

• sea squirt
• squirt bottle
• squirt gun
• squirty

Translations

Verb

squirt (third-person singular simple present squirts, present participle squirting, simple past and past participle squirted)

1. (intransitive, of a liquid) To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.

   The toothpaste squirted from the tube.

   • 1865, Sabine Baring-Gould, The Book of Werewolves, 2008, Forgotten Books, page 121,

     His servants would stab a child in the jugular vein, and let the blood squirt over him.

2. (transitive, of a liquid) To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
   • 2005, Lisa Heard, NancyRayhorn, 8: Pediatric Sedation, Jan Odom-Forren, Donna Watson, Practical Guide To Moderate Sedation/Analgesia, 2nd Edition, page 171,

     When administering the medication, the RN should place the syringe tip along the side of the mouth and slowly squirt the medicine toward the buccal vestibule, not toward the throat.
3. (transitive, by extension) To emit, eject or excrete (something).
4. (transitive) To hit with a rapid stream of liquid.
5. (transitive, figuratively, obsolete) To throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.
6. (intransitive, slang, vulgar, of a female) To ejaculate.
7. To forcefully maneuver against the current so that the end of a kayak is forced nearly vertical.

Synonyms

• (to be ejected in a rapid stream):
• (to cause to be ejected in a rapid stream):
• (to eject a rapid stream at):
• (to speak rapidly):
• ((of a female) to ejaculate):

Derived terms

• squirting cucumber
• squirter

Translations

Anagrams

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