Squirt
verb
To cause a liquid or other substance to be thrown out in a stream or spray.
He squirted some ketchup on his fries.
Often appears as...
- squirt out
- squirt into
noun
A small, quick stream or amount of liquid that shoots out.
A squirt of lemon juice will make it taste better.
Often appears as...
- squirt of juice
- squirt of sauce
noun
An insignificant or impudent young person.
You're just a squirt, you wouldn't understand.
Often appears as...
- young squirt
- little squirt
Usage tips
Colloquial
Disapproving
verb
To cause a liquid or other substance to be thrown out in a stream or spray.
He squirted some ketchup on his fries.
Often appears as...
- squirt out
- squirt into
noun
A small, quick stream or amount of liquid that shoots out.
A squirt of lemon juice will make it taste better.
Often appears as...
- squirt of juice
- squirt of sauce
noun
An insignificant or impudent young person.
You're just a squirt, you wouldn't understand.
Often appears as...
- young squirt
- little squirt
Usage tips
Colloquial
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Action Intensity
Suggests a sudden, forceful action, often used when describing how to use objects like bottles or guns.
Squirt the water gun to soak your friends!
Pro Tip 2/3Controlled Quantity
Used when controlling the amount of substance, ideal for cooking or dispensing medicine.
Squirt just a little bit of oil into the pan.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
Can be used metaphorically or humorously to describe a situation where someone is in trouble.
I'll squirt you with the hose if you don't stop teasing the dog.
Pro Tip 1/3Action Intensity
Suggests a sudden, forceful action, often used when describing how to use objects like bottles or guns.
Squirt the water gun to soak your friends!
Pro Tip 2/3Controlled Quantity
Used when controlling the amount of substance, ideal for cooking or dispensing medicine.
Squirt just a little bit of oil into the pan.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
Can be used metaphorically or humorously to describe a situation where someone is in trouble.
I'll squirt you with the hose if you don't stop teasing the dog.
Pro Tip 1/3Action Intensity
Suggests a sudden, forceful action, often used when describing how to use objects like bottles or guns.
Squirt the water gun to soak your friends!
Pro Tip 2/3Controlled Quantity
Used when controlling the amount of substance, ideal for cooking or dispensing medicine.
Squirt just a little bit of oil into the pan.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
Can be used metaphorically or humorously to describe a situation where someone is in trouble.
I'll squirt you with the hose if you don't stop teasing the dog.
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Daniel Wolpert: The real...
There can be no evolutionary advantage to laying down memories of childhood or perceiving the color of a rose if it doesn't affect the way you're going to move later in life. Now for those who don't believe this argument, we have trees and grass on our planet without the brain, but the clinching evidence is this animal here -- the humble sea squirt.
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Employees must wash...
down on one of these pumps the nozzle can spin around squirt stuff everywhere you know you've done that yourself there are much broader issues as well where there's well there's an awareness that this needs to happen the doctors and nurses don't truly understand the importance of hand hygiene in delivering
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How the heart actually...
squirts out of the pulmonary artery. The ventricular valves, called the tricuspid in the right ventricle and the mitral in the left, can be seen through the clear water opening and closing like parachutes as the ventricle is rhythmically squeezed. This flow of water mimics the flow of blood in life.
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The other "Golden Rule"...
because the external water pressure counteracts the internal forces resulting from elevation difference. Whether it’s with the intensity of a fire hydrant or a squirt gun, this system swiftly delivers our urine to the outside world.
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How does alcohol make...
a region important for motivation. Like all addictive drugs, it prompts a squirt of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens which gives users a surge of pleasure. Alcohol also causes some neurons to synthesize and release endorphins.
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The sharks that hunt in...
fish lay eggs amidst their sprawling, complex root systems. Symbiotic sponges and sea squirts protect their host trees from hungry woodboring crustaceans. Crabs, snails, and shrimp eat algae, mussels, barnacles,
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Blood Squirting Lizard PIPE...
precision aim of a sharpshooter and yes it's nothing more than plain old blood the coyote wisely retreats to find a less feisty meal game set match victory to the blood squirting Regal horned lizard
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Which animal has the...
Some have protective lids, others squirt blood. But which creature has the best sight? Which sees best in the darkness? Which sees the most detail? Which animal sees the most color?
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Blood Squirting Lizard PIPE...
it's nothing more than plain old blood the coyote wisely retreats to find a less feisty meal game set match victory to the blood squirting Regal horned lizard
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Ants Battle to Protect...
Some of the defenders deploy their most potent weapon. They squirt formic acid.
Video examples
Daniel Wolpert: The real...
There can be no evolutionary advantage to laying down memories of childhood or perceiving the color of a rose if it doesn't affect the way you're going to move later in life. Now for those who don't believe this argument, we have trees and grass on our planet without the brain, but the clinching evidence is this animal here -- the humble sea squirt.
Video examples
Employees must wash...
down on one of these pumps the nozzle can spin around squirt stuff everywhere you know you've done that yourself there are much broader issues as well where there's well there's an awareness that this needs to happen the doctors and nurses don't truly understand the importance of hand hygiene in delivering
Video examples
How the heart actually...
squirts out of the pulmonary artery. The ventricular valves, called the tricuspid in the right ventricle and the mitral in the left, can be seen through the clear water opening and closing like parachutes as the ventricle is rhythmically squeezed. This flow of water mimics the flow of blood in life.
Video examples
The other "Golden Rule"...
because the external water pressure counteracts the internal forces resulting from elevation difference. Whether it’s with the intensity of a fire hydrant or a squirt gun, this system swiftly delivers our urine to the outside world.
Video examples
How does alcohol make...
a region important for motivation. Like all addictive drugs, it prompts a squirt of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens which gives users a surge of pleasure. Alcohol also causes some neurons to synthesize and release endorphins.
Video examples
The sharks that hunt in...
fish lay eggs amidst their sprawling, complex root systems. Symbiotic sponges and sea squirts protect their host trees from hungry woodboring crustaceans. Crabs, snails, and shrimp eat algae, mussels, barnacles,
Video examples
Blood Squirting Lizard PIPE...
precision aim of a sharpshooter and yes it's nothing more than plain old blood the coyote wisely retreats to find a less feisty meal game set match victory to the blood squirting Regal horned lizard
Video examples
Which animal has the...
Some have protective lids, others squirt blood. But which creature has the best sight? Which sees best in the darkness? Which sees the most detail? Which animal sees the most color?
Video examples
Blood Squirting Lizard PIPE...
it's nothing more than plain old blood the coyote wisely retreats to find a less feisty meal game set match victory to the blood squirting Regal horned lizard
Video examples
Ants Battle to Protect...
Some of the defenders deploy their most potent weapon. They squirt formic acid.
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Quote examples
Dawnn Lewis
American Actress
When I was a kid, there was nothing better than water balloon fights. I grew up in Brooklyn: we had the fire hydrants, and we would open up a soda can at both ends and squirt people walking by. I love the kinds of things that encourage you to let your guard down, be open and vulnerable, and just to be laughing sincerely.
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Daniel Dennett
American Philosopher
The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it!
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Hanya Yanagihara
American Novelist
No religion makes more use of color than Hinduism, with its blue-skinned gods and peony-lipped goddesses, and even the spring festival of Holi is focused on color: Boys squirt arcs of dyed water on passersby or dump powder, all violently hued, on their marks.
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Andrew Zimmern
American Critic
If there's one thing I've learned after a lifetime of dining on delicacies like blood pudding, sea squirts, and camel kidneys, even folks who wouldn't come within 100 yards of a Cambodian tarantula want to hear what it's like to chomp on one!
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George Orwell
British Author
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.
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Jamie Wyeth
American Artist
From my earliest memories, my aunt was squirting out oil paint. I could just eat it. I would go from her studio and walk down to my father's house, and there he was, working in egg tempera.
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Gary Bettman
American Businessman
Let's put it this way: I would consider my skiing ability to be far superior to my skating ability. And, in fact, my 10-year-old grandson, who's a AAA squirt, can skate circles around me.
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Cecily Strong
American Comedian
I started doing professional theater and industrials in Chicago when I was a little squirt.
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Earl Derr Biggers
American Novelist
This is unexpected... like squirt from aggressive grapefruit.
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Nick Hanauer
American Businessman
Prosperity isn't something that squirts out of rich people.
Quote examples
Dawnn Lewis
American Actress
When I was a kid, there was nothing better than water balloon fights. I grew up in Brooklyn: we had the fire hydrants, and we would open up a soda can at both ends and squirt people walking by. I love the kinds of things that encourage you to let your guard down, be open and vulnerable, and just to be laughing sincerely.
Quote examples
Daniel Dennett
American Philosopher
The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it!
Quote examples
Hanya Yanagihara
American Novelist
No religion makes more use of color than Hinduism, with its blue-skinned gods and peony-lipped goddesses, and even the spring festival of Holi is focused on color: Boys squirt arcs of dyed water on passersby or dump powder, all violently hued, on their marks.
Quote examples
Andrew Zimmern
American Critic
If there's one thing I've learned after a lifetime of dining on delicacies like blood pudding, sea squirts, and camel kidneys, even folks who wouldn't come within 100 yards of a Cambodian tarantula want to hear what it's like to chomp on one!
Quote examples
George Orwell
British Author
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.
Quote examples
Jamie Wyeth
American Artist
From my earliest memories, my aunt was squirting out oil paint. I could just eat it. I would go from her studio and walk down to my father's house, and there he was, working in egg tempera.
Quote examples
Gary Bettman
American Businessman
Let's put it this way: I would consider my skiing ability to be far superior to my skating ability. And, in fact, my 10-year-old grandson, who's a AAA squirt, can skate circles around me.
Quote examples
Cecily Strong
American Comedian
I started doing professional theater and industrials in Chicago when I was a little squirt.
Quote examples
Earl Derr Biggers
American Novelist
This is unexpected... like squirt from aggressive grapefruit.
Quote examples
Nick Hanauer
American Businessman
Prosperity isn't something that squirts out of rich people.
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