squirty

English

Etymology

squirt +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skwɜː(ɹ)ti/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Adjective

squirty (not comparable)

1. (informal) That operates by squirting.
   • 1917, John Harrison Dick, Garden Guide, the Amateur Gardener's Handbook:

     Fountains may be of the gurgly, squirty or spray sort; all are pretty. To some the squirty sort have an air of impatience or nervousness […]

   • 2005, Pete McCarthy, The Road to McCarthy:

     Cold Comfort seizes a plastic squirty bottle of tomato ketchup. He's about to inject the red stuff into my pie like a builder squirting insulation […]

   • 2011, Mark Howell, Scallywags, page 12:

     The woman was busy making the hot chocolates; she was now bent down retrieving the squirty cream from a small box fridge nestled underneath the counter.

2. (informal) Reminiscent of squirting (especially of sound)

Derived terms

• squirty cream