Verb He squirted some oil on the door hinge. She squirted ketchup all over her fries. Some snakes can squirt venom from their mouths. Water squirted out from a hole in the pipe. Juice from the lemon squirted into my eye. Noun an annoying little squirt who kept pestering me Listen squirt, I'm in charge here. She started playing guitar when she was just a little squirt. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Install one layer of regular drywall, then squirt a bead of the compound on the back of the other sheet, a few inches in from the edges and in a random but fairly uniform pattern. Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 20 June 2022 The rookie committed a groan-worthy error in the fourth inning after what should have been an error, sun-field or otherwise in the second, before colliding with center fielder Trent Grisham to nearly allow a third ball to squirt free. Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2022 Campbell’s vendor then goes to squirt Strange with mustard in disgust, which is when the Master of the Mystic Arts takes control over the condiment-wielding hand. Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2022 Early on, the film takes us back into the kitchen, where there are no chefs to be seen — just stainless steel counters, where employees squirt prepackaged sauce on microwave pasta. Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 Mar. 2022 What the bombs spare often sops up cyanide, which local fishers squirt into the nooks and crannies of reefs to stun small fish and sell them in the aquarium trade. Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 4 Nov. 2021 Simply squirt copious amounts of sriracha into an 8-ounce tub of sour cream. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Feb. 2022 Suspend the brush over the bowl, with the toilet seat holding it in place, and use a spray bottle to squirt hydrogen peroxide on the bristles.Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2022 Wisinski used a syringe to squirt around fake owl poop — in reality, white paint.NBC News, 28 Jan. 2022
Noun
Scalding hot soup squirts from the dumpling, injuring your friend and anyone sitting within dumpling-squirt radius at the table. Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2022 Others are making intranasal vaccines, given as a squirt up the nose, that recruit immune cells in airways to stop the virus at its point of entry. Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022 Most of the mucosal vaccines under development are designed to be delivered as a squirt of liquid or mist up the nose, and many are intended to be used as boosters in people who've had a complete primary series of Covid-19 vaccines. Brenda Goodman, CNN, 18 July 2022 Stamos-Buesig wondered aloud, based on the particular hue that the reagent had turned, if the drug might also contain heroin, which could take another sample and a squirt of another reagent to suss out.Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2022 At times, bubbles filled the air, produced by plastic squirt guns. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2022 And yet, the initiatives have tended to come and go, while squeegee workers remain, darting into street lanes with their squirt bottles, emboldened by the lack of anyone stopping them, some say.Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2022 Lotion tubes, squirt bottles, brushes, a honey bear, solo flip-flops, a Wiffle ball and a legless lawn flamingo now stained bone-white, all provide the canvas for Riley’s patterned mariner drawings in India ink.New York Times, 16 June 2022 Also on Wednesday, Kaegi’s campaign released the first TV ad of the race, depicting a hot dog receiving a generous squirt of ketchup — a divisive sight in Chicago — as a symbol of the tenure of his predecessors. Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English; akin to Low German swirtjen to squirt