Meaning of Squirt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.
   countable, uncountable
2. A small, quick stream; a jet.
   countable, uncountable
3. The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
   countable, uncountable
4. A burst of noise.
   countable, uncountable
5. An annoyingly pretentious person; a whippersnapper.
   countable, slang, uncountable
6. A small child.
   Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, Philippines, UK, US, countable, slang, uncountable
7. Female ejaculate.
   slang, uncountable, vulgar
8. An act of urination.
   countable, informal, uncountable
9. A maneuver in which a kayak is forced into a nearly vertical position.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The Karo-Bataks of Sumatra have⟳ a rain-making ceremony which lasts a week. The men go about with bamboo squirts and the women with bowls of water, and they drench each other or throw⟳ the water into the air and cry⟳, "The rain⟳ has come⟳," when it drips down on them.”

“Chances are you′ll get⟳ a squirt of citrus juice in your eye.”

“As the connection was broken, the receiver let⟳ out a shrill squirt of static.”

“He was still there when I came up, a squirt with his hat over one eye and a camera hung round his neck and a grin on his squirt face⟳. I thought maybe I had seen him around town, but maybe not, the squirts look⟳ so much alike when they grind⟳ them out of journalism school.”

“Hey squirt! Where you been?”

“1986, Alethea Helbig, Agnes Perkins, Cutlass Island, entry in Dictionary of American Children′s Fiction, 1960-1984: Recent Books of Recognized Merit, page 137, Hurd returns with Mal, Mr. Eph, and Gumbo, the “town squirt” of twelve, and the boys′ activities come⟳ out.”

“2010, Karen Witemeyer, A Tailor-Made Bride, Bethany House Publishers, US, page 66, How the child managed to converse and fold⟳ at the same time was a marvel, yet the shirt lay⟳ in a tidy rectangle by the time she came up for air. “Thanks, squirt.” He winked at her and she giggled.”

“Excuse⟳ me, I need⟳ to take⟳ a squirt.”

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