squirt

1. 1.

   cause to come out in a squirt

   “the boy squirted water at his little sister”

   Synonymsforce outsqueeze outeject

   Broaderdischarge

   Narrowerspritzextravasate
2. 2.

   wet with a spurt of liquid

   “spurt the wall with water”

   Broaderwet

   Narrowersquish

Other forms of squirt

plural

squirts·

past tense

squirted·

present participle

squirting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about squirt

What does squirt mean?

squirt means "someone who is small and insignificant". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in squirt?

squirt has 1 syllable: squirt. In IPA it is /ˈskwɝt/.

What is another word for squirt?

Close synonyms include pip-squeak, small fry, jet, spurt, spirt. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is squirt a common word?

squirt is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.