squirtverb
uk/skwɜːt/us/skwɝːt/[ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] (to force a liquid) to flow out through a narrow opening in a fast stream:
He squirted some tomato sauce on his burger.
There was a leak in one of the pipes and water was squirting out all over the kitchen floor.
[ T ] to hit someone or something with a liquid or gas:
She was squirting the neighbours with a water pistol.
squirtnoun [ C ]
uk/skwɜːt/us/skwɝːt/squirt noun [ C ] (LIQUID)
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.
squirt noun [ C ] (PERSON)
old-fashioned 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.
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