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squirt (skwʉrt)

transitive verb

  1. to shoot out (a liquid) in a jet or narrow stream
  2. to wet with liquid so shot out

Etymology: LME squyrten, prob. altered < or akin to LowG & Du swirtjen, to squirt

intransitive verb

to be squirted out; spurt

noun

  1. something used to squirt liquid, as a syringe
  2. the act of squirting
  3. a small amount of squirted liquid; jet or narrow stream
  4. Informal a small or young person, esp. one who is impudent; whippersnapper

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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