SQUIRT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does squirt mean? 

• SQUIRT (noun)
  The noun SQUIRT has 2 senses:

1. someone who is small and insignificant

2. the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

  Familiarity information: SQUIRT used as a noun is rare.

• SQUIRT (verb)
  The verb SQUIRT has 2 senses:

1. cause to come out in a squirt

2. wet with a spurt of liquid

  Familiarity information: SQUIRT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SQUIRT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is small and insignificant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

pip-squeak; small fry; squirt

Hypernyms ("squirt" is a kind of...):

cipher; cypher; nobody; nonentity (a person of no influence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

jet; spirt; spurt; squirt

Hypernyms ("squirt" is a kind of...):

discharge; outpouring; run (the pouring forth of a fluid)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "squirt"):

spray (a jet of vapor)

spritz (a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water))

Derivation:

squirt (wet with a spurt of liquid)

squirt (cause to come out in a squirt)

• SQUIRT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they squirt    ... he / she / it squirts   
Past simple: squirted   
Past participle: squirted   
-ing form: squirting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to come out in a squirt

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

eject; force out; squeeze out; squirt

Context example:

the boy squirted water at his little sister

Hypernyms (to "squirt" is one way to...):

discharge (pour forth or release)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "squirt"):

spritz (eject (a liquid) quickly)

extravasate (force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

They squirt the bread with melted butter

Derivation:

squirt (the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid))

squirter (plaything consisting of a toy pistol that squirts water)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Wet with a spurt of liquid

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

spurt the wall with water

Hypernyms (to "squirt" is one way to...):

wet (cause to become wet)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "squirt"):

squish (put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

The women squirt water into the bowl

Derivation:

squirt (the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid))

squirter (plaything consisting of a toy pistol that squirts water)

 Context examples 

Astonished at the sight, I leaned forward to pick it off, when, to my horror, it burst between my finger and thumb, squirting blood in every direction.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The force of the rush of water was checked by this obstacle, but it still squirted plentifully from every side of it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As I followed, I saw the woman take the reins, while the man looked after us, and squirted a jet of tobacco-juice from between his teeth in coachman fashion.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A substance that comes from a type of sea squirt and is being studied in the treatment of cancer.

(Ecteinascidin 743, NCI Dictionary)

This water squirted out from under his feet at every step, and each time he lifted a foot the action culminated in a sucking sound as the wet moss reluctantly released its grip.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He closed his hand upon it, squeezed, and the potato squirted out between his fingers in mushy streams.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Three dead men lay huddled together in front of them: while a fourth, with the blood squirting from a severed vessel, lay back with updrawn knees, breathing in wheezy gasps.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)