Squirt
Squirt (skwẽrt) , transitive verb
[Compare LG. swirtjen to squirt, OSw. sqvatta, English 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.
Collocations (1)
Squirt , intransitive verb
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 , noun
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
3.
(Hydrodynamics) The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
4.
a youngster.
5.
a short, overly assertive, or impudent person, especially when young; -- used in contempt.