| Front | squirt |
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| Back | squirt verb, noun BrE /skwɜːt/ NAmE /skwɜːrt/ verb verb forms word origin example bank 1 [transitive, intransitive] 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 spurt ~ sth (+ adv./prep.) The snake can squirt poison from a distance of a metre. I desperately squirted water on the flames. (+ adv./prep.) When I cut the lemon, juice squirted in my eye. 2 [transitive] to hit sb/sth with a stream of water, gas, etc. spray ~ sb/sth (with sth) The children were squirting each other with water from the hose. ~ sth (at sb) He squirted a water pistol at me (= made the water come out of it). noun word origin 1 a thin, fast stream of liquid that comes out of a small opening spray 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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