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squirt.

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

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/skwɝt/General-American/skwɜːt/Received-Pronunciation
  1. An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A small, quick stream; a jet.

    countable · uncountable
    a squirt of body lotion
  3. The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.

    countable · uncountable
  4. A burst of noise.

    countable · uncountable
  5. An annoyingly pretentious person; a whippersnapper.

    countable · slang · uncountable
  6. A small child.

    Australia · Ireland · New-Zealand · Philippines · UK · US · countable · slang · uncountable
    Hey squirt! Where you been?
  7. Female ejaculate.

    slang · uncountable · vulgar
  8. An act of urination.

    countable · informal · uncountable
    Excuse me, I need to take a squirt.
  9. A maneuver in which a kayak is forced into a nearly vertical position.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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. *

verb/skwɝt/General-American/skwɜːt/Received-Pronunciation
  1. To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.

    intransitive
    The toothpaste squirted from the tube.
  2. To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.

    transitive
  3. To emit, eject, or excrete (something).

    broadly · transitive
  4. To hit with a rapid stream of liquid.

    transitive
  5. To throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.

    figuratively · obsolete · transitive
  6. To ejaculate.

    intransitive · slang · vulgar
  7. To forcefully maneuver against the current so that the end of a kayak is forced nearly vertical.

  8. To 3D print (a firearm, or a part thereof).

    Internet · transitive
Where this word comes from

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. *

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