squirt
An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick streamAn instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.
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» Was Tom the one who gave you this squirt gun?
Это Том тебе дал этот водяной пистолет? — odexed
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
9 senses(countable, uncountable)An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.
Spritze
(countable, uncountable)A small, quick stream; a jet.
a squirt of body lotion
Spritzer, Strahl
someone who is small and insignificant
(countable, uncountable)The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
(countable, uncountable)A burst of noise.
(countable, slang, uncountable)An annoyingly pretentious person; a whippersnapper.
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Philippines, UK, US, countable, slang, uncountable)A small child.
Hey squirt! Where you been?
Knirps, Zwerg, Wicht
(slang, uncountable, vulgar)Female ejaculate.
(countable, informal, uncountable)An act of urination.
Excuse me, I need to take a squirt.
(countable, uncountable)A maneuver in which a kayak is forced into a nearly vertical position.
Examples
16 sentencesWas Tom the one who gave you this squirt gun?
ruЭто Том тебе дал этот водяной пистолет? — odexed
Tom picked up the bottle of shampoo and squirted some in his hand.
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. — Selena777
deIch beschieße die Kaninchen in meinem Garten mit einer Wasserpistole, um sie von meinem Gemüse fernzuhalten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Yoko squirted all over my face.
Shit was squirting out of his ass.
deAus seinem Arsch sprühte Scheiße. — Yorwba
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English squirten, squyrten, of uncertain origin; probably onomatopoeic. Akin tFrom 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: squirtsSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.