SQUIRT

squirt. Squirt, [i as u] v. to throw out in a quick stream, to prate

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Squirt (skwẽrt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squirting.] [[Cf. LG. swirtjen to squirt, OSw. sqvätta, E. squander.]] To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice; as, to squirt water. The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire grate. Sir W. Scott. Squirting cucumber. (Bot.) See Ecballium.