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squirting

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squirt  (skwûrt)
v. squirt·ed, squirt·ing, squirts
v.intr.
1. To issue forth in a thin forceful stream or jet; spurt.
2. To eject liquid in a jet.
v.tr.
1. To eject (liquid) forcibly in a thin stream from a narrow opening.
2. To wet with a spurt of liquid.
n.
1. The act of squirting.
2. An instrument, such as a syringe, used for squirting.
3. A squirted jet of liquid.
4. Slang
a. A small or young person.
b. An insignificant or contemptible person.
[Middle English squirten, possibly of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin; akin to Low German swirtjen.]
squirter n.
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Adj.1.squirting - propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
jetting, spouting, spurting
running - (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; "as mountain stream with freely running water"; "hovels without running water"


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The heavy smell was replaced by the smell of aromatic vinegar, which Kitty with pouting lips and puffed-out, rosy cheeks was squirting through a little pipe.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Permission was granted, and in answer of Deesa's shrill yell, the mighty tusker swung out of the shade of a clump of trees where he had been squirting dust over himself till his master should return.
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When Tess had changed her bonnet for a hood, and was really on her stool under the cow, and the milk was squirting from her fists into the pail, she appeared to feel that she really had laid a new foundation for her future.
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