squirt

noun
/skwɝt/US/skwɜːt/UK

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.

  1. inherited from squirten

Definitions

  1. An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.

  2. A small, quick stream

    A small, quick stream; a jet.

    • Chances are you′ll get a squirt of citrus juice in your eye.
  3. The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.

  4. + 14 more definitions
    1. A burst of noise.

      • As the connection was broken, the receiver let out a shrill squirt of static.
    2. An annoyingly pretentious person

      An annoyingly pretentious person; a whippersnapper.

    3. A small child.

      • Hey squirt! Where you been?
    4. Female ejaculate.

    5. An act of urination.

      • Excuse me, I need to take a squirt.
    6. A maneuver in which a kayak is forced into a nearly vertical position.

    7. 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.
    8. To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.

      • The hard-featured miscreant[…] coolly rolled his tobacco in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire grate.
      • It can squirt this poison in jets up to a distance of one metre and usually aims at the eyes of its victim.
    9. To emit, eject or excrete (something).

    10. To hit with a rapid stream of liquid.

      • Ask the child to squirt the target with water.
    11. To throw out or utter words rapidly

      To throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.

      • he'll be ready to squirt his Wits at his own Shadow
    12. To ejaculate.

      • Women who squirt rhapsodize about the experience, reporting that it elicits feelings of empowerment and a deeper connection to their own bodies.
    13. To forcefully maneuver against the current so that the end of a kayak is forced nearly…

      To forcefully maneuver against the current so that the end of a kayak is forced nearly vertical.

      • Let's start by assuming that you are going to tail squirt as you leave an eddy andd enter the flowing water.
    14. To 3D print (a firearm).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for squirt. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA