as in to pour
to flow out in great quantities or with force
water squirting out of the faucet
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as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
I am fond of the little squirt, I'll admit
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Recent Examples of squirt
Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2024
Singer Gibby Haynes squirted flammable liquid on a cymbal, set it ablaze, and kept smashing the cymbal with a drumstick—flames shot up to the ceiling!
—Simon Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Sep. 2024
Tom Simonite, WIRED, 25 Apr. 2018
Just take a squirt of shampoo, lather it up, and use it to scrub away tricky messes.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Just squirt your preferred dish soap all over the affected areas and scrub with a clean broom or stiff brush to remove it.
—Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2024
Singer Gibby Haynes squirted flammable liquid on a cymbal, set it ablaze, and kept smashing the cymbal with a drumstick—flames shot up to the ceiling!
—Simon Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Sep. 2024
Noun
In a demo, a virtual monkey appears on a table viewed through an iPhone’s camera, jumps to the ground, and squirts paint onto the clothes of a real person standing nearby.
—Tom Simonite, WIRED, 25 Apr. 2018
Just take a squirt of shampoo, lather it up, and use it to scrub away tricky messes.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
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Millions of letters and packages poured in from families.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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Then, in a 180-degree turn, an improved defensive effort helped fuel their recent run of strong play — the team simply pouring more energy into that area of the court.Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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For comparison, that is around 300 times faster than the top speed of a Lockheed Martin jet fighter here on Earth.Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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For example, in October 2018, during an Israeli airstrike in western Syria, an antiquated Syrian S-200 missile launched against the incoming Israeli jets hit a nearby Russian military transport killing all 14 Russian military personnel on board.Paul Iddon, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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That’s something a kid watching from the stairs in his parents’ house could watch in wonder.Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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He was born in Germany in 1890 and moved to the U.S. as a kid.Craig Custance, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Fire engines streamed past Bachman’s house toward Quaker Run, an area near Shenandoah National Park.Brendan Fitzgerald, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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The former is available for streaming on Tubi. 'Cursed' This indie horror movie, about an American drifter whose life takes a supernatural turn in a rural village in Romania, was filmed in the West Bend area.Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
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There, in 1995, a 26-year-old Gulf War veteran lighted a fuse inside a rental truck packed with 5,000 pounds of explosives and killed 168 people, including 19 children in the second-floor day care.Zach Baylin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Investment in children’s content remains negligible, at A$58M, down from A$81M the year before but up on the 2019/20 figure of A$51M. Meanwhile the Producer Offset contributed A$245M of investment in all drama, with $75M in financing provided for Australian theatrical features.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
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As fans rushed the court, an unidentified assailant plowed into Kyle Filipowski, spraining the Duke center’s knee.David Whitley, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Peterson rushed for 14,918 yards in his career, leading the league in rushing three times.Ryan Morik, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Orphaned, lost, and alone after a flood kills his family and carries him away from his homeland, the young Mufasa is rescued by a friendly lion cub called Taka (who later becomes Scar), the heir to a royal bloodline, who always wanted a brother.Graeme Green, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2024
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Get a sneak peek of Blue Ivy's performance in Mufasa alongside mom Beyoncé When the story begins, Mufasa (Aaron Pierre) is still a cub, beloved by his parents, until a flash flood separates them and leaves Mufasa to fend for himself in the world.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Squirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squirt. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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