squirt

A small amount of liquid pushed out quickly in a narrow stream.

• Give it a squirt of water.
• She added two squirts of soap.
• A sudden squirt of juice landed on my shirt.

How to use it: a squirt of something (Add a squirt of lemon juice.)

Similar words: jet, spray

Common phrases: squirt of water, squirt of lemon, a quick squirt

A small child, especially when addressed playfully or treated as unimportant.

• Come here, squirt!
• That little squirt is my youngest brother.
• The squirts next door keep climbing our fence.

Similar words: kid, youngster

Common phrases: little squirt, hey squirt, cheeky squirt

A small device that pushes liquid out in a quick, narrow stream.

• He filled the squirt with water.
• The old brass squirt had a narrow nozzle.
• She squeezed the rubber squirt to wet the cloth.

Similar words: syringe

Common phrases: water squirt, rubber squirt, brass squirt

An act of passing urine.

• I need to take a squirt.
• He stopped behind a tree for a quick squirt.
• Can we stop somewhere so I can have a squirt?

Similar words: pee

Common phrases: take a squirt, have a squirt, a quick squirt

To push liquid out through a small opening in a quick, narrow stream.

• Squirt some cream onto the cake.
• He squirted lemon juice over the fish.
• Can you squirt a little soap into my hand?

How to use it: squirt something onto something (Squirt some sauce onto the rice.); squirt something into something (She squirted soap into the bowl.)

Similar words: spray, spurt

Common phrases: squirt something onto, squirt something into, squirt some water

If liquid does this, it comes out quickly through a small opening in a narrow stream.

• Water squirted from the hose.
• Toothpaste squirted out when I squeezed the tube.
• Hot oil can squirt through a damaged seal.

How to use it: squirt out of something (Water squirted out of a hole in the pipe.); squirt from something (Juice squirted from the lemon.)

Similar words: spurt, jet

Common phrases: squirt out, squirt from something, squirt through something

To hit someone or something with a quick, narrow stream of liquid.

• Stop squirting me!
• The children squirted each other with water.
• I squirt the plants with a small spray bottle.

How to use it: squirt someone/something with something (She squirted her brother with cold water.)

Similar words: spray

Common phrases: squirt someone with, squirt the plants, squirt someone again

To release a substance from the body or another source, usually suddenly and as liquid.

• The squid squirted ink.
• These glands squirt fluid when the animal is threatened.
• The octopus squirts a dark cloud to escape predators.

Similar words: eject, emit

Common phrases: squirt ink, squirt fluid, squirt something out