Hypertext Webster Gateway: "squirt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Squirt \Squirt\, n. (Hydrodynamics)
The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Squirt \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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Squirt \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Squirt \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
squirt
n 1: someone who is small and insignificant [syn: {pip-squeak}, {small
fry}]
2: the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) [syn: {jet},
{spurt}, {spirt}]
v 1: cause to come out in a squirt, of liquids [syn: {force out},
{squeeze out}, {eject}]
2: wet with a spurt of liquid; "spurt the wall with water"
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