Meaning

9 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.

    Spritze

  2. (countable, uncountable)A small, quick stream; a jet.

    a squirt of body lotion

    Spritzer, Strahl

    someone who is small and insignificant

  3. (countable, uncountable)The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A burst of noise.

  5. (countable, slang, uncountable)An annoyingly pretentious person; a whippersnapper.

  6. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Philippines, UK, US, countable, slang, uncountable)A small child.

    Hey squirt! Where you been?

    Knirps, Zwerg, Wicht

  7. (slang, uncountable, vulgar)Female ejaculate.

  8. (countable, informal, uncountable)An act of urination.

    Excuse me, I need to take a squirt.

  9. (countable, uncountable)A maneuver in which a kayak is forced into a nearly vertical position.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. Was Tom the one who gave you this squirt gun?

    ruЭто Том тебе дал этот водяной пистолет?

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  2. Tom picked up the bottle of shampoo and squirted some in his hand.

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  3. I shoot the rabbits in my garden with a squirt gun to keep them away from the vegetables.

    ruЯ стреляю в кроликов в моём саду из водяного пистолета, чтобы они держались подальше от посадок.

    deIch beschieße die Kaninchen in meinem Garten mit einer Wasserpistole, um sie von meinem Gemüse fernzuhalten.

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  4. Yoko squirted all over my face.

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  5. Shit was squirting out of his ass.

    deAus seinem Arsch sprühte Scheiße.

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 3
instrument:
small, quick stream; a jet:
small child:

Origin

From Middle English squirten, squyrten, of uncertain origin; probably onomatopoeic. Akin t

From Middle English squirten, squyrten, of uncertain origin; probably onomatopoeic. Akin to swirl. Compare Low German swirtjen (“to squirt”) and Swedish water onomatopoeias skvala, skvalp, skvimpa, and skvätta; Icelandic skvetta; and Norwegian skvette.

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Forms

plural: squirts
Singularsquirt
Pluralsquirts

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
small child:ankle-biter
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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