squirt at CMU American English spelling Of Explained:
[skwə:t]
squirt at English => English (English Etymology) Of Explained:
1460, squyrten "eject water in a jet," of uncertain origin. Meaning "a whipper-snapper" is from 1839. ///
squirt at English => English (Longman) Of Explained:
v [Date: 1400-1500; Origin: From the sound of something being squirted]//
1 [I and T] if you squirt liquid or if it squirts somewhere, it is forced out in a thin fast stream: spray// squirt out/from/into// --Water suddenly squirted out from a hole in the pipe.// squirt sth into/through sth// --Squirt some oil in the lock.//
2 [T] to hit or cover someone or something with a thin fast stream of liquid: spray// squirt sb/sth with sth// --Mom! Chad's squirting me with the hose!// --Some kids squirted a water pistol in her face.//
squirt 2 n [C]
1 a fast thin stream of liquid: squirt of// --a squirt of water//
2 spoken an insulting word for a short person, especially someone who is annoying you:
squirt at English => English (Moby Thesaurus II) Of Explained:
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "squirt":
a nobody, a nothing, blow out, blowout, cast forth, cipher,
common man, debouch, decant, discharge, disembogue, disgorge,
disgorgement, dummy, dysentery, ejaculate, ejaculation, emission,
eruct, eructation, erupt, eruption, exhaust, expel, expulsion,
extravasate, extravasation, figurehead, flush, flux, font, fount,
fountain, geyser, gush, insignificancy, jackstraw, jet,
lightweight, little fellow, little guy, man of straw, mediocrity,
nebbish, nobody one knows, nonentity, obscurity, outburst, outpour,
pip-squeak, play, pour, pour forth, pour out, punk, pup, puppy,
runs, runt, rush, scrub, send forth, send out, shits, shrimp,
small fry, small potato, small potatoes, spatter, spew, spit,
spout, spouter, sprat, spray, sprit, spritz, spurt, spurtle, squit,
stream, surge, throw out, trots, vomit, vomit forth, vomit out,
well, whiffet, whippersnapper
squirt at English => English (English Thesaurus) Of Explained:
[V] (Ejection): release, let out, send out, dispatch, exhale, excrete, secrete, extravasate, shed, void, evacuation, emit, extrude, effuse, spend, expend, squirt, spurt, spill, exude.
squirt at English => English (Oxford Advanced Learners) Of Explained:
verb, noun
verb
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).
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
Squirt at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:
Squirt \Squirt\, n. (Hydrodynamics)
The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
Squirt \Squirt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squirted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Squirting}.] [Cf. LG. swirtjen to squirt, OSw. sqv["a]tta,
E. squander.]
To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or
orifice; as, to squirt water.
The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco
in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire
grate. --Sir W.
Scott.
{Squirting cucumber}. (Bot.) See {Ecballium}.
Squirt \Squirt\, v. i.
1. To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a
narrow orifice; -- said of liquids.
2. Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.
[Low] --L'Estrange.
Squirt \Squirt\, n.
1. An instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small
stream with force. --Young.
2. A small, quick stream; a jet. --Bacon.
squirt at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:
squirt
n 1: someone who is small and insignificant [syn: {pip-squeak}, {small
fry}]
2: the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) [syn: {jet},
{spurt}, {spirt}]
v 1: cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at
his little sister" [syn: {force out}, {squeeze out}, {eject}]
2: wet with a spurt of liquid; "spurt the wall with water"
squirt at English (WD) Of Explained:
==English==
Inter: wikipedia » dab=Squirt
Etymology
Inter: rfe » lang=enPronunciation
* Inter: IPA » /skwɜː(r)t/- : Inter: rhymes » ɜː(r)t
Noun
Inter: en-nou » n
Synonyms
* Inter: sense » instrument that forcefully ejects liquidDerived terms
* sea squirtTranslations
Inter: trans-top » instrumentInter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » small, quick stream; a jet
- Finnish: Inter: t+ » fi|suihku, Inter: t- » fi|ruiskaus
- French: Inter: t+ » fr|jet|m
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » small child
- Finnish: Inter: t- » fi|pirpana
- French: Inter: t+ » fr|morveux|m, Inter: t+ » fr|morveuse|f
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Verb
Inter: en-ver » bSynonyms
* Inter: sense » to be ejected in a rapid streamRelated terms
* squirterTranslations
Inter: trans-top » to be ejected, in a rapid streamInter: trans-mi » d
- Hungarian: Inter: t- » hu|spriccel
- Portuguese: Inter: t+ » pt|esguicho|m
- Russian: Inter: t+ » ru|брызгать
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » to cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream
- Finnish: Inter: t- » fi|ruiskuttaa
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » to throw out or utter words rapidly
- Finnish: puhua pälättää
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: checktrans-to » p
- Inter: ttbc » nl: spuiten
Inter: trans-botto » m
Anagrams
* quirtsTranslation: cs » squirt
Translation: de » squirt
Translation: et » squirt
Translation: el » squirt
Translation: es » squirt
Translation: eo » squirt
Translation: fa » squirt
Translation: fr » squirt
Translation: ko » squirt
Translation: io » squirt
Translation: it » squirt
Translation: kn » squirt
Translation: hu » squirt
Translation: mg » squirt
Translation: ml » squirt
Translation: my » squirt
Translation: pl » squirt
Translation: ru » squirt
Translation: fi » squirt
Translation: ta » squirt
Translation: te » squirt
Translation: vi » squirt