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# squirt

«squirt» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make liquid shoot out in a thin, fast stream from a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (squirt, squirts, squirted, squirting); noun (a squirt, squirts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To squirt is to make liquid shoot out in a thin, fast stream from a small hole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squirt/#m1)

2) A squirt is a thin stream of liquid, or a small amount of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squirt/#m2)

3) «A little squirt» is an informal, slightly rude name for a small or annoying young person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squirt/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life children squirt water pistols, ketchup or washing-up liquid. In science, squirting shows that pressure pushes liquid out of a small hole fast. Phrases: «squirt water», «a squirt of», «water squirter».

### examples

- He squirted me with his water pistol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squirt/#x1)
- Add a squirt of washing-up liquid to the bowl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squirt/#x2)
- The ketchup squirted all over my shirt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squirt/#x3)
- An octopus squirts ink to escape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squirt/#x4)
- Don't squirt water near plug sockets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squirt/#x5)
- «Get lost, you little squirt!» said the big brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squirt/#x6)

### note

Past: «squirted». Spelling: s-q-u-i-r-t. «A squirt of» means a small amount. Calling someone «a squirt» is cheeky and can be rude.

### In the corpora

- [A squid moves fast by jet propulsion: it squirts water out through a funnel called a siphon and shoots the other way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish/16/)
- [Octopuses and squid squirt dark ink and jet away, and some squid make an ink blob shaped like themselves as a decoy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/53-how-animals-defend-themselves/11/)
- [Some deep-sea shrimp squirt a glowing cloud to confuse a hunter, a little like squid ink but made of light.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth/12/)
- [A barbecue stays hot for hours, and fuel must never be squirted onto it because it flares up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «squirt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squirt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.