Squirt (?), 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.
Squirt, v. i. 1. To
be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice; -
- said of liquids.
2. Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly;
to prate. [Low] L'Estrange.
Squirt, n. 1. An
instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small stream with
force. Young.
2. A small, quick stream; a jet.
Bacon.
Squirt, n. (Hydrodynamics)
The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
Squirt (?), 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.
Squirt, v. i. 1. To
be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice; -
- said of liquids.
2. Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly;
to prate. [Low] L'Estrange.
Squirt, n. 1. An
instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small stream with
force. Young.
2. A small, quick stream; a jet.
Bacon.
Squirt, n. (Hydrodynamics)
The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
