Hypertext Webster Gateway: "squirting"

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

squirting
adj : propelled violently in a usually narrow stream [syn: {jetting},
{spouting}, {spurting}]

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