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Squirt (skwẽrt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squirting.] [Cf. LG. swirtjen to squirt, OSw. sqvätta, E. squander.] To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice; as, “to squirt water”.
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The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire grate. Sir W. Scott.
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Squirting cucumber. (Bot.) See Ecballium.
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Squirt, v. i.
1. To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice; -- said of liquids.
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2. Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate. [Low] L'Estrange.
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Squirt, n.
1. An instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small stream with force. Young.
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2. A small, quick stream; a jet. Bacon.
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3. (Hydrodynamics) The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
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4. a youngster.
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5. a short, overly assertive, or impudent person, especially when young; -- used in contempt.
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