squirt

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t

Noun

squirt (plural squirts)

1. An instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small stream with force.
2. A small, quick stream; a jet.
3. (UK, Australian, US, slang) A small child; derived from the fact that young children tend to urinate unexpectedly.

   Hey squirt! Where you been?

Translations

instrument

Finnish: ruisku (fi)

small, quick stream; a jet

Finnish: suihku, ruiskaus French: jet (fr) m.

Italian: spruzzo (it) m., schizzo (it) m.

small child

Finnish: pirpana (fi) French: morveux (fr) m., morveuse (fr) f.

Navajo: chąąmąʼii Polish: smarkacz (pl) m.

Verb

squirt (third-person singular simple present squirts, present participle squirting, simple past and past participle squirted)

1. To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice; said of liquids.
2. To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice; said of liquids.
3. (figuratively) To throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.

Translations

to be ejected, in a rapid stream

Finnish: ruiskuta (fi) French: gicler (fr)

German: spritzen (de) Hungarian: spriccel (hu)

to cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream

Finnish: ruiskuttaa (fi)

to throw out or utter words rapidly

Finnish: puhua pälättää

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Dutch: spuiten

Derived terms

• sea squirt

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