squirts

7 definitions • 8 examples

(to force a liquid) to flow out through a narrow opening in a fast stream:

He squirted some ketchup on his burger.

There was a leak in one of the pipes and water was squirting out all over the kitchen floor.

to hit someone or something with a liquid or gas:

She was squirting the neighbours with a water pistol.

an amount of liquid or gas that is squirted out:

The door should stop squeaking once I've given it a few squirts of oil.

a young or small person who you do not consider to be important and who has behaved rudely towards you:

I caught my neighbour's son writing graffiti on our wall, the little squirt.

to quickly force a liquid out of something, or of liquids to flow through a narrow opening:

[ T ] Squirt lemon juice on the clams and enjoy them.

[ I ] fig. The ball squirted free (= moved quickly away) and bounced out of bounds.

an amount of liquid that is forced to flow out through a narrow opening:

A squirt of glue should fix it.

infml A squirt is also a small person you consider unimportant.