1 [usually +adv./prep.] to force liquid, gas, etc. in a thin fast stream through a narrow opening; to be forced out of a narrow opening in this way:
[VN] The snake can squirt poison from a distance of a metre. * I desperately squirted water on the flames. * [V] When I cut the lemon, juice squirted in my eye.
2 [VN] ~ sb/sth (with sth) to hit sb/sth with a stream of water, gas, etc:
The children were squirting each other with water from the hose. * He squirted a water pistol at me (= made the water come out of it).
Part of speech: noun
1 a thin, fast stream of a liquid that comes out of a small opening:
a squirt of perfume * a squirt of ketchup on the french fries
2 (informal, disapproving) a word used to refer to a short, young or unimportant person that you do not like or that you find annoying
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is squirt a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, squirt is tagged as verb.
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