squirted

Verb

squirt (third-person singular simple present squirts, present participle squirting, simple past and past participle squirted)

1. (intransitive) To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
   • The toothpaste squirted from the tube.
2. (transitive) To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
   • The hard-featured miscreant[…] coolly rolled his tobacco in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire grate.1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown...
3. (broadly, transitive) To emit, eject, or excrete (something).
   • Among the hallmarks that all fungi share is the way they eat. They squirt out enzymes to break down nearby organic material and then soak it in. Fungi can also produce vast number of spores, which can survive in all sorts of extreme conditions for years.2022 September 29, Carl Zimmer, “A New Approach to Spotting Tumors: Look for Their Microbes”, in The New York Times
4. (transitive) To hit with a rapid stream of liquid.
   • Ask the child to squirt the target with water.2010, Christy Isbell, Mighty Fine Motor Fun: Fine Motor Activities for Young Children, page 81
5. (figuratively, obsolete, transitive) To throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.
   • he'll be ready to squirt his Wits at his own Shadow1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC
6. (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.
   • Women who squirt rhapsodize about the experience, reporting that it elicits feelings of empowerment and a deeper connection to their own bodies.2010, Sonia Borg, Oral Sex She′ll Never Forget, page 9

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