/skw??t/[IorT,usually+ adv/prep](toforcealiquid) toflowout through anarrowopeningin afaststream:He squirted sometomatosauceonhisburger.There was aleakin one of thepipesandwaterwas squirtingoutall over thekitchenfloor.[T]tohitsomeone or something with aliquidorgas:She was squirting theneighbourswith awaterpistol.SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesMovement of liquids
backsplash
be dripping withsomethingidiom
bleed
decant
discharge
drainage
drip
eddy
leak
runsomeone/somethingover
runnel
seep
seepage
slosh
spit
topsomethingup
trickle
tub
washsomethingaway
waterborne
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Examplesofsquirting
squirting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
While typically referred to as spitting, the action is more likesquirting.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After this original maneuver was developed, a number of paddlers noticed thatsquirtingwas a lot of fun and introduced a new method of playing on the river.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/squirting##
