squirt
[verb]
Synonyms: jet, splurt, sprit, spritz, spurt, squitter
[noun]
Synonyms: diarrhea, backdoor trots, dysentery, flux, Montezuma's revenge, runs, scour(s), *shits, summer complaint, trots, twerp, pup, puppy, sprat, squit

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Contrasted words: dribble, drip, trickle
Related Words: pour, stream, surge, spatter, spray

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. squirt¹ /skwɜːt $ skwɜːrt/ verb
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: From the sound of something being squirted]

1. [intransitive and transitive] if you squirt liquid or if it squirts somewhere, it is forced out in a thin fast stream ⇒ spray
squirt out/from/into
Water suddenly squirted out from a hole in the pipe.
squirt something into/through something
Squirt some oil in the lock.

2. [transitive] to hit or cover someone or something with a thin fast stream of liquid ⇒ spray
squirt somebody/something with something
Mom! Chad’s squirting me with the hose!
Some kids squirted a water pistol in her face.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. squirt² noun [countable]

1. a fast thin stream of liquid
squirt of
a squirt of water

2. spoken an insulting word for a short person, especially someone who is annoying you

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲