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SQUIRT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who is small and insignificant
Synonyms:
pip-squeak; small fry; squirt
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("squirt" is a kind of...):
cipher; cypher; nobody; nonentity (a person of no influence)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they squirt ... he / she / it squirts
Past simple: squirted
-ing form: squirting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
spurt the wall with water
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
the boy squirted water at his little sister
Synonyms:
eject; force out; squeeze out; squirt
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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)