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SQUIRT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)play

Synonyms:

jet; spirt; spurt; squirt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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 insignificantplay

Synonyms:

pip-squeak; small fry; squirt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it squirts  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: squirted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: squirted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: squirting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wet with a spurt of liquidplay

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:

Cause to come out in a squirtplay

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)

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