Meaning of "squirt" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SQUIRT

Of imitative origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SQUIRT

squirt  [skwɜːt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SQUIRT

Squirt is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb squirt in English.

WHAT DOES SQUIRT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Squirt

Squirt or squirting can refer to the following: ▪ Squirt, a small, quick stream; a jet ▪ Squirt, slang for a small person or thing...

Definition of squirt in the English dictionary

The first definition of squirt in the dictionary is to force or to be forced out of a narrow opening. Other definition of squirt is to cover or spatter with liquid so ejected. Squirt is also a jet or amount of liquid so ejected.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SQUIRT

PRESENT

Present

I squirt

you squirt

he/she/it squirts

we squirt

you squirt

they squirt

Present continuous

I am squirting

you are squirting

he/she/it is squirting

we are squirting

you are squirting

they are squirting

Present perfect

I have squirted

you have squirted

he/she/it has squirted

we have squirted

you have squirted

they have squirted

Present perfect continuous

I have been squirting

you have been squirting

he/she/it has been squirting

we have been squirting

you have been squirting

they have been squirting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I squirted

you squirted

he/she/it squirted

we squirted

you squirted

they squirted

Past continuous

I was squirting

you were squirting

he/she/it was squirting

we were squirting

you were squirting

they were squirting

Past perfect

I had squirted

you had squirted

he/she/it had squirted

we had squirted

you had squirted

they had squirted

Past perfect continuous

I had been squirting

you had been squirting

he/she/it had been squirting

we had been squirting

you had been squirting

they had been squirting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will squirt

you will squirt

he/she/it will squirt

we will squirt

you will squirt

they will squirt

Future continuous

I will be squirting

you will be squirting

he/she/it will be squirting

we will be squirting

you will be squirting

they will be squirting

Future perfect

I will have squirted

you will have squirted

he/she/it will have squirted

we will have squirted

you will have squirted

they will have squirted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been squirting

you will have been squirting

he/she/it will have been squirting

we will have been squirting

you will have been squirting

they will have been squirting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would squirt

you would squirt

he/she/it would squirt

we would squirt

you would squirt

they would squirt

Conditional continuous

I would be squirting

you would be squirting

he/she/it would be squirting

we would be squirting

you would be squirting

they would be squirting

Conditional perfect

I would have squirt

you would have squirt

he/she/it would have squirt

we would have squirt

you would have squirt

they would have squirt

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been squirting

you would have been squirting

he/she/it would have been squirting

we would have been squirting

you would have been squirting

they would have been squirting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you squirt
we let´s squirt
you squirt

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to squirt

Past participle

squirted

Present Participle

squirting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SQUIRT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «squirt» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of squirt

atomize · burst · diffuse · erupt · eruption · gush · jet · pipsqueak · scatter · shoot · shower · spatter · spew · spray · sprinkle · spurt · squit · surge · twerp · wet · whippersnapper

TRANSLATION OF SQUIRT

Find out the translation of squirt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of squirt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «squirt» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 喷出
• Translator English - Spanish: salir a chorros
• English: squirt
• Translator English - Hindi: धार
• Translator English - Arabic: بخ
• Translator English - Russian: шприц
• Translator English - Portuguese: esguichar
• Translator English - Bengali: ফোয়ারা
• Translator English - French: gicler
• Translator English - Malay: Muncrat
• Translator English - German: spritzen
• Translator English - Japanese: ピュッとかける/ピュッと出る
• Translator English - Korean: 찍 나오다
• Translator English - Javanese: Nggoleki
• Translator English - Vietnamese: vọt ra
• Translator English - Tamil: squirt
• Translator English - Marathi: चिळकांडी
• Translator English - Turkish: fışkırtma
• Translator English - Italian: spruzzare
• Translator English - Polish: tryskać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: шприц
• Translator English - Romanian: squirt
• Translator English - Greek: squirt
• Translator English - Afrikaans: spuit
• Translator English - Swedish: squirt
• Translator English - Norwegian: squirt

3 QUOTES WITH «SQUIRT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word squirt.

1

Earl Derr Biggers

This is unexpected... like squirt from aggressive grapefruit.

2

Daniel Dennett

The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it!

3

Tristram Stuart

As the words of my book, 'The Bloodless Revolution,' accumulated, I envisaged a parallel growth: the stack of pages they would have to be printed on, thousands of times over; every page representing a slice of forest, a belch of fumes and a squirt of toxic ink.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SQUIRT»

Discover the use of squirt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to squirt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Squirt!: The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read about Blood

Uses colorful illustrations and interesting and diverse facts to provide an examination of blood and its many purposes.

Trudee Romanek, 2006

Stir, Squirt, Sizzle: A Nick Cookbook

Characters from "Rugrats," "The Wild Thornberrys," "SpongeBob SquarePants," and other Nickelodeon television shows present their favorite recipes, including Bikini Bottom butterscotch brownies, Reggie Rocket's potato pockets, and baby talk ...

‎2004

Cocoa Bean and Squirt

Cocoa Bean and Squirt is a lighthearted tale about the antics of an unlikely pair - a baby elephant named Squirt and a very mischievous young chimpanzee named Cocoa Bean.

Beth Smithem, 2010

Doc Squirt: The Life and Times of Roy Jack Hennings

The broncs were "pretty wild", many recall-and as Squirt's names for them might indicate. But he had no trouble handling "the outlaws". As Henry Sornson puts it, " Squirt always said he could ride as fast as a horse could go." Chris Christensen ...

Russ Hanson, Rose Braatz, Norman Hennings, Lester Swanson

Popular Science

Dirt Squirt handles very well in the corners. Hill finds out as he zips around a motocross track. He rates this machine as a top-notch bike for beginners. Its light weight (185 pounds dry) contributes to its quick, responsive handling. Just about  ...

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New Scientist

Man's links with the sea squirt The sea squirt's larvae show incipient backbones and seem to be our evolutionary progenitors. Now the author and colleagues have discovered that aged human tissue manufactures cellulose fibres — similar to ...

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Reading Comprehension Strategies: Theories, Interventions, ...

The sea squirt begins life as an egg and then has a short existence (a few hours to a few days) as a tadpole-like creature with a primitive spinal cord, a brain, a light-sensitive organ, and the ability to express active movement. The sea squirt ...

Danielle S. McNamara, 2007

Aquatic Life of the World: Sea pen-Swordfish

Sea. squirt. Sea squirts (ascidians) are commonly found attached to rocks, shells, and submerged timbers in shallow marine waters around the world. Some are also found in deeper waters, where, attached by a long stalk, they generally live ...

‎2001

Professional Marketing and Advertising Essays and Assignments:

Squirt has very good volume sales in the 30 – 39 year old category with that age group being the second largest buying market in the soft drink industry. This leads to the 40-49 year old market that provides Squirt with sales that exceed its ...

Tony Ma, 2014

Sasha, Extraordinary Dachshund

On his fourth day with us, late in the afternoon Squirt managed to get passed me when I entered the backyard through the gate. He took off like a scalded dog. The elderly couple explained he had done this a time or two but he always came ...

Cj Adams, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SQUIRT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term squirt is used in the context of the following news items.

Cyclists arrested after attacking off-duty Minneapolis cops with water …

What a wheely bad idea. Brazen cyclists armed with squirt guns and water balloons were arrested Saturday after they rode up to a PedalPub vehicle in ... «New York Daily News, May 15»

New job for Wawa fuel man fired over squirt toy?

HOWELL – Less than a week after he was allegedly fired from Wawa over a squirt toy, tuxedo-wearing Mike Cuzzo has a potential employer interested in his ... «Asbury Park Press, Mar 15»

Poll: Was Wawa right to fire worker who used 'urinating' squirt toy …

HOWELL - The saga of a Wawa employee who was reportedly fired after using a "urinating" squirt toy to clean a mirror on a customer's car has triggered strong ... «NJ.com, Mar 15»

Timber: Forum in Comptche addresses hack and squirt

These hundreds of thousands of snags, killed with a practice called “hack-and-squirt,” aren't particularly scenic. Still, depending on your point of view they might ... «Ukiah Daily Journal, Mar 15»

The fountains in King's Cross's Granary Square are secretly a giant …

Download the Granary Squirt app and it'll trigger a line of water jets, lit up with coloured lights, which makes its way across the fountain. Play Snake Game ... «Time Out London, Mar 15»

Decoding sommeliers' brains, one squirt of wine at a time

A device used to squirt measured amounts of liquids into the mouth of a person in a taste study. Researchers often pair the instrument with brain scanning ... «Science News, Jan 15»

Mystery solved: Darwin's 'severed finger' that baffled police revealed …

“It was examined by Dr Richard Willan and Ms Suzanne Horner and determined to be a dead solitary sea squirt (technically called an ascidian or tunicate), ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»

Is female ejaculation real? Here's what we know

Britain just banned it, but porn studios in this country are still cashing in on films that feature women “squirting.” Is female ejaculation even real, though? «Fusion, Jan 15»

Accused squirt gun assailant faces new charges of child sexual …

Kevin Jaramillo poses for the camera in this August 2013 photo snapped by the boyfriend of one of Jaramillo's alleged teenage victims. (Courtesy of APD). «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 14»

Squirt lube founder suing Utah distributor, alleging counterfeiting

DENVER (BRAIN) — A U.S. District Court in Colorado has issued a temporary restraining order against the former U.S. distributor of Squirt chain lube. Squirt's ... «Bicycle Retailer, May 14»