Squirted

Squirted
Squirt Squirt (skw[~e]rt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squirted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squirting}.] [Cf. LG. swirtjen to squirt, OSw. sqv["a]tta, E. squander.] To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice; as, to squirt water. [1913 Webster]

The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire grate. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

{Squirting cucumber}. (Bot.) See {Ecballium}. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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