someone who is small and insignificant
squirt
How to use squirt in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for squirt.
Editorial note
Neighbor Sam has a swimming pool, but your kids just have some squirt guns?
Quick take
someone who is small and insignificant
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of squirt gathered in one view.
the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for squirt.
noun
someone who is small and insignificant
See also: pip-squeak
noun
the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
verb
cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister"
See also: eject
verb
wet with a spurt of liquid; "spurt the wall with water"
Example sentences
Neighbor Sam has a swimming pool, but your kids just have some squirt guns?
Then I'd unwrap the bag, with the steam rising, and squirt on a dollop of ketchup.
It's just a little squirt of agent orange to make sure that the forest doesn't grow back.
It deals with using computer vision to fire a squirt gun at squirrels.
Then this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the jack of spades jump out of this brand-new deck of cards and squirt cider in your ear.
If you don't squeeze it perfectly symmetrically, it will squirt through your fingers and pop rather than getting compressed by a factor of 20.
An alternator is kinda like a constant current source, for a given field winding current it'll squirt out a much higher current from the main windings.
We were allowed 10 minutes in, one person doing work, another observer, both required to have squirt water bottles and a two-way radio.
But I'd prefer children to get chunks of real meat cooked well than a squirt of slime and salt and flavourings in a crumb coating which is then fried and served with a sugary sauce.
As a german i find the name a bit unfortunate.\nTo spritz = spritzen means to squirt/spray coat and in german is often associated with ejaculating.
Almost 40 years ago, some kid jumped up in the front row of an audience and squirted Ronald Reagan with a squirt gun--water only, no injury inflicted.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use squirt in a sentence?
Neighbor Sam has a swimming pool, but your kids just have some squirt guns?
What does squirt mean?
someone who is small and insignificant
What part of speech is squirt?
squirt is commonly used as noun, verb.