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Squirt   /skwərt/   Listen
Squirt

noun
1.
Someone who is small and insignificant.  Synonyms: pip-squeak, small fry.
2.
The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid).  Synonyms: jet, spirt, spurt.
verb
(past & past part. squirted; pres. part. squirting)
1.
Cause to come out in a squirt.  Synonyms: eject, force out, squeeze out.
2.
Wet with a spurt of liquid.



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"Squirt" Quotes from Famous Books



... native land. As captain of a vessel may be judged By those subordinate to his command, So do I quick conception of thee form. By the broad mental gifts of Seldonskip Who were the hose, through which thy mind doth squirt Most sapient thought, for mankind's betterment. Seldonskip: You bet his wisdom squirts until I feel As if my think tank were about to bust. Francos: Good captain, greatly hast thou honored me And from such worthy source, ...
— 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts • Spokeshave (AKA Old Fogy)

... sometimes doesn't happen. I've seen hogs here"—Tom was a little Saxon in his figures, but their nature will prove their justification—"I've seen hogs about here, bolt right in before old Madam Littlepage, and draw their chairs up to her fire, and squirt about the tobacco, and never think of even taking off their hats. Them folks be always huffy about their own importance, though they never think of ...
— The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. - Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts • James Fenimore Cooper

... very well," observed Bertram philosophically. "They had up the stable-boy with a great squirt; he had to keep staring at Cray while Johnnie read aloud, and every time Cray winked he was to squirt Johnnie. Cray didn't have any dinner or any tea, and his ...
— Fated to Be Free • Jean Ingelow

... this time of day, have you, Mr. Saintou? Now I shall sit here in the middle chair, and you shall wash my hair. My father is the baker round the corner. He makes good bread; do you wash people's hair as well? Will you squirt water on it with that funny tube? Will you put it in my eyes? Now, I am up on the chair. Don't put the soap in ...
— A Dozen Ways Of Love • Lily Dougall

... the white light filled the room, but for the moment I did not perceive the peculiarity of his smile. I was fatuously full of my own late tremors and present relief; and my first idiotic act was to spill some whiskey and squirt the soda-water all over in my anxiety to do instant justice to ...
— The Amateur Cracksman • E. W. Hornung


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