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squirt

(skwûrt)

v. squirt·ed, squirt·ing, squirts

v.intr.

1. To flow from a narrow opening in a thin forceful stream or jet; spurt.

2. To issue in a thick flow: A dab of toothpaste squirted from the tube.

3. To eject liquid in a forceful stream or thick flow: squeezed the lemon till it squirted.

4. To move in a sudden dart or burst: "The pigeon squirted out of the old man's hand into the cage" (E. Annie Proulx).

v.tr.

1. To eject (liquid) forcibly in a thin stream from a narrow opening.

2. To squeeze out or extrude in a thick flow: squirted a bead of caulk into the crack.

3. To wet with a spurt of liquid.

1. The act of squirting.

2. An instrument, such as a syringe, used for squirting.

3. A squirted jet of liquid.

4. Slang

a. A small or young person.

b. An insignificant or contemptible person.

[Middle English squirten, possibly of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin; akin to Low German swirtjen.]

squirt′er n.

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squirt

(skwɜːt)

1. to force (a liquid) or (of a liquid) to be forced out of a narrow opening

2. (tr) to cover or spatter with liquid so ejected

3. a jet or amount of liquid so ejected

4. the act or an instance of squirting

5. an instrument used for squirting

6. informal

a. a person regarded as insignificant or contemptible

b. a short person

[C15: of imitative origin]

ˈsquirter n

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squirt

(skwɜrt)

v.i.

1. to eject liquid in a jet or spurt, as from a narrow orifice.

v.t.

2. to cause (liquid or a viscous substance) to spurt or issue in a jet, as from a narrow orifice.

3. to wet or bespatter with a liquid or viscous substance so ejected.

4. the act of squirting.

5. a small spurt or jetlike stream of liquid or viscous substance.

6. Informal.

a. a youngster, esp. a meddlesome or impudent one.

b. a short person.

c. an insignificant, self-assertive person, esp. one who is small or young.

7. an instrument for squirting, as a syringe.

[1425–75; (v.) late Middle English, appar. variant of swirten, akin to Low German swirtjen with same sense; perhaps akin to swirl]

squirt′er, n.

squirt

In air-to-air refuelling, a means of providing visual detection of a nearby aircraft. In practice this is achieved by the donor aircraft dumping fuel and/or the receiver aircraft selecting afterburners, if so equipped.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

squirt

Past participle: squirted
Gerund: squirting

Imperative
squirt
squirt

Present
I squirt
you squirt
he/she/it squirts
we squirt
you squirt
they squirt

Preterite
I squirted
you squirted
he/she/it squirted
we squirted
you squirted
they squirted

Present Continuous
I am squirting
you are squirting
he/she/it is squirting
we are squirting
you are squirting
they are squirting

Present Perfect
I have squirted
you have squirted
he/she/it has squirted
we have squirted
you have squirted
they have squirted

Past Continuous
I was squirting
you were squirting
he/she/it was squirting
we were squirting
you were squirting
they were squirting

Past Perfect
I had squirted
you had squirted
he/she/it had squirted
we had squirted
you had squirted
they had squirted

Future
I will squirt
you will squirt
he/she/it will squirt
we will squirt
you will squirt
they will squirt

Future Perfect
I will have squirted
you will have squirted
he/she/it will have squirted
we will have squirted
you will have squirted
they will have squirted

Future Continuous
I will be squirting
you will be squirting
he/she/it will be squirting
we will be squirting
you will be squirting
they will be squirting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been squirting
you have been squirting
he/she/it has been squirting
we have been squirting
you have been squirting
they have been squirting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been squirting
you will have been squirting
he/she/it will have been squirting
we will have been squirting
you will have been squirting
they will have been squirting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been squirting
you had been squirting
he/she/it had been squirting
we had been squirting
you had been squirting
they had been squirting

Conditional
I would squirt
you would squirt
he/she/it would squirt
we would squirt
you would squirt
they would squirt

Past Conditional
I would have squirted
you would have squirted
he/she/it would have squirted
we would have squirted
you would have squirted
they would have squirted

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Noun	1.	squirt - someone who is small and insignificant pip-squeak, small fry nobody, nonentity, cypher, cipher - a person of no influence
	2.	squirt - the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) spirt, spurt, jet outpouring, discharge, run - the pouring forth of a fluid spray - a jet of vapor spritz - a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water)
Verb	1.	squirt - cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister" eject, force out, squeeze out spritz - eject (a liquid) quickly; "spritz water on a surface" extravasate - force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel discharge - pour forth or release; "discharge liquids"
	2.	squirt - wet with a spurt of liquid; "spurt the wall with water" wet - cause to become wet; "Wet your face" squish - put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action

squirt

verb

1. spurt, shoot, gush, burst, jet, surge, erupt, spew The water squirted from its throat.

2. spray, wet, sprinkle, shower, scatter, diffuse, spatter, atomize Its linings were simply squirted with oil.

noun

1. spurt, jet, burst, gush, surge, eruption a squirt of air freshener

2. pipsqueak, twerp (Brit. informal), whippersnapper, squit (Brit. informal), nerd or nurd (Brit. informal) He was, by his own admission, `a bit of a squirt' as a kid.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

squirt

verb

To eject or be ejected in a sudden thin, swift stream:

jet, spout, spray, spurt.

noun

1. A sudden swift stream of ejected liquid:

jet, spout, spray, spurt.

2. Informal. An insignificant but arrogant and obnoxious young person:

pup, puppy.

Slang: twerp.

Translations

يَنْبَجِس، يَتَدَفَّق

stříkattryskat

sprøjte

spritzen

faire gicler gicler

spriccel

sprauta , spÿtast

sprizzare spruzzare spruzzo zampillare

purkštišvirkšti

izšļāktizšļāktiesšļāktšļākties

fışkır mak

喷出喷射

squirt

[skwɜːt]

A. N

1. (= jet, spray) → chorro m

2. (= child) → mequetrefe mf, chiquitajo/a m/f, escuincle mf (Mex); (= person) → farolero/a m/f, presumido/a m/f

B. VT [+ liquid] → lanzar; [+ person, car] → mojar
to squirt water at sb → lanzar un chorro de agua hacia algn

C. VI to squirt out/in → salir/entrar a chorros
the water squirted into my eyes → salió un chorro de agua que me dio en los ojos

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

squirt

[ˈskwɜː^rt]

[water] → jet m
a squirt of sth [+ perfume, soda water] → une goutte de qch

(pejorative) (= weak person) → minable mf

vi → jaillir, gicler

vt [+ oil, water, detergent]
Squirt a little oil into the keyhole → Mets quelques gouttes d'huile dans le trou de la serrure.squirt gun n (US) → pistolet m à eau

squirt

→ Spritzer m

(= implement) → Spritze f

(pej inf: = person) → Fatzke m (inf); (small) → Pimpf m (inf)

vt liquid → spritzen; object, person → bespritzen; to squirt water at somebody, to squirt somebody with water → jdn mit Wasser bespritzen

vi → spritzen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

squirt

[skwɜːt]

1. n (of water) → schizzo; (of detergent, perfume) → spruzzo

2. vt → spruzzare

3. vi → schizzare

squirt

(skwəːt) verb

to (make a liquid etc) shoot out in a narrow jet. The elephant squirted water over itself; Water squirted from the hose.

squirt

n inhalación f, disparo; one squirt in each nostril..una inhalación (un disparo) en cada fosa nasal

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The names of those present on this occasion are unimportant, but they had been known to generations of school-boys as Sighs, Tar, Winks, Squirts, and Pat.

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And because we lived in the shadow of the police, we opened oysters and fed them to them with squirts of pepper sauce, and rushed the growler or got stronger stuff in bottles.

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The fusillade below stopped short, as I had foreseen it would when the squirts got empty.

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But as he leaves his home he squirts first water and next ink into his captor's face; and it was curious to see the men weaving their heads from side to side to dodge the shot.

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He compared it to a colossal puff of flame suddenly and violently squirted out of the planet, "as flaming gases rushed out of a gun."

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She then flung her sash into a puddle and danced on it till dirty water was squirted over her frock, after which she climbed the fence and had a series of incredible adventures, one of the least of which was that she kicked off both her boots.

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In public buildings, visitors are implored, through the same agency, to squirt the essence of their quids, or 'plugs,' as I have heard them called by gentlemen learned in this kind of sweetmeat, into the national spittoons, and not about the bases of the marble columns.

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The famous boots, having filled in wading the stream, squirted fine jets of water at every step.

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The force of the rush of water was checked by this obstacle, but it still squirted plentifully from every side of it.

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She sat quivering while a member of the lower orders deposited a metal funnel, a saucepan, and a garden squirt beside the roll of oilcloth.

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He closed his hand upon it, squeezed, and the potato squirted out between his fingers in mushy streams.

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Of course, when I use these words, I do not mean to apply them to La Carlotta, who sings like a squirt and who ought never to have been allowed to leave the Ambassadeurs and the Cafe Jacquin; nor to La Sorelli, who owes her success mainly to the coach-builders; nor to little Jammes, who dances like a calf in a field.