squirt

jet, giclée

Petite quantité de liquide expulsée rapidement en un jet étroit.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : a squirt of something (Add a squirt of lemon juice.)

Synonymes : jet, spray

Expressions courantes : squirt of water, squirt of lemon, a quick squirt

petiot, môme

Petit enfant, désigné sur un ton amusé ou avec une certaine condescendance.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : kid, youngster

Expressions courantes : little squirt, hey squirt, cheeky squirt

seringue

Petit appareil qui expulse rapidement un liquide en un jet étroit.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : syringe

Expressions courantes : water squirt, rubber squirt, brass squirt

pipi

Action d’uriner, dans un langage familier.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : pee

Expressions courantes : take a squirt, have a squirt, a quick squirt

faire gicler, projeter

Faire sortir rapidement un liquide par une petite ouverture en formant un jet étroit.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : squirt something onto something (Squirt some sauce onto the rice.); squirt something into something (She squirted soap into the bowl.)

Synonymes : spray, spurt

Expressions courantes : squirt something onto, squirt something into, squirt some water

gicler, jaillir

Pour un liquide, sortir rapidement par une petite ouverture en formant un jet étroit.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : squirt out of something (Water squirted out of a hole in the pipe.); squirt from something (Juice squirted from the lemon.)

Synonymes : spurt, jet

Expressions courantes : squirt out, squirt from something, squirt through something

asperger, arroser

Envoyer un jet fin et rapide de liquide sur quelqu’un ou quelque chose.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : squirt someone/something with something (She squirted her brother with cold water.)

Synonymes : spray

Expressions courantes : squirt someone with, squirt the plants, squirt someone again

projeter, expulser

Faire sortir une substance du corps ou d’une autre source, généralement brusquement et sous forme liquide.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : eject, emit

Expressions courantes : squirt ink, squirt fluid, squirt something out