squirt

«squirt» in Mova's school dictionary: to make liquid shoot out in a thin, fast stream from a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (squirt, squirts, squirted, squirting); noun (a squirt, squirts)

meaning for a pupil

1) To squirt is to make liquid shoot out in a thin, fast stream from a small hole. tree →

2) A squirt is a thin stream of liquid, or a small amount of it. tree →

3) «A little squirt» is an informal, slightly rude name for a small or annoying young person. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life children squirt water pistols, ketchup or washing-up liquid. In science, squirting shows that pressure pushes liquid out of a small hole fast. Phrases: «squirt water», «a squirt of», «water squirter».

examples

• He squirted me with his water pistol. tree →
• Add a squirt of washing-up liquid to the bowl. tree →
• The ketchup squirted all over my shirt. tree →
• An octopus squirts ink to escape. tree →
• Don't squirt water near plug sockets. tree →
• «Get lost, you little squirt!» said the big brother. tree →

note

Past: «squirted». Spelling: s-q-u-i-r-t. «A squirt of» means a small amount. Calling someone «a squirt» is cheeky and can be rude.

In the corpora

• A squid moves fast by jet propulsion: it squirts water out through a funnel called a siphon and shoots the other way.
• Octopuses and squid squirt dark ink and jet away, and some squid make an ink blob shaped like themselves as a decoy.
• Some deep-sea shrimp squirt a glowing cloud to confuse a hunter, a little like squid ink but made of light.
• A barbecue stays hot for hours, and fuel must never be squirted onto it because it flares up.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «squirt» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.