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) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
squirt
n 1: someone who is small and insignificant [syn: {pip-squeak},
{squirt}, {small fry}]
2: the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) [syn:
{jet}, {squirt}, {spurt}, {spirt}]
v 1: cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at
his little sister" [syn: {squirt}, {force out}, {squeeze
out}, {eject}]
2: wet with a spurt of liquid; "spurt the wall with water"
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