From Middle English squirten, squyrten, of uncertain origin; probably onomatopoeic.

• (America) IPA: /skwɝt/
• (RP) IPA: /skwɜːt/

squirt

1. An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.
2. A small, quick stream; a jet.
3. (hydrodynamics) The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
4. A burst of noise.
5. (slang) An annoyingly pretentious person; a whippersnapper. [From 1839.]
6. (UK, Irish, US, Australia, NZ, Philippines, slang) A small child.

   Hey squirt! Where you been?

   • 1986, Alethea Helbig, Agnes Perkins, Cutlass Island, entry in Dictionary of American Children′s Fiction, 1960-1984: Recent Books of Recognized Merit, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Pyjt9xhNKJ4C&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=%22squirt%22|%22squirts%22+child+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=rpEh0nj9di&sig=wBLeyBhcl5G_jgF_yToR3coqw4o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dCFkUNyOGeTsmAWQrYHYDA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22squirt%22|%22squirts%22%20child%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 137],

     Hurd returns with Mal, Mr. Eph, and Gumbo, the “town squirt” of twelve, and the boys′ activities come out.

   • 2010, Karen Witemeyer, A Tailor-Made Bride, Bethany House Publishers, US, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-kDFy19ELWoC&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=%22squirt%22|%22squirts%22+child+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=uKK3-JxxqK&sig=BH_y6RYQz0hQ_gCX1KhFjygJ8eg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NhtkUJGAI4_imAWkhYGIDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22squirt%22|%22squirts%22%20child%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 66],

     How the child managed to converse and fold at the same time was a marvel, yet the shirt lay in a tidy rectangle by the time she came up for air.

     “Thanks, squirt.” He winked at her and she giggled.

7. (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Female ejaculate.
8. (informal) An act of urination.

   Excuse me, I need to take a squirt.

9. A maneuver in which a kayak is forced into a nearly vertical position.

• (instrument that forcefully ejects liquid)
• (small, quick stream)
• (annoyingly pretentious person)
• (small child) ankle-biter

• German: Spritze
• Portuguese: esguicho

• French: jet
• German: Spritzer, Strahl
• Italian: spruzzo, schizzo
• Portuguese: esguicho, jato

• French: morveux, morveuse
• German: Knirps, Zwerg, Wicht
• Italian: mezzasega

squirt (squirts, present participle squirting; simple past and past participle squirted)

1. (intransitive, of a liquid) To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.

   The toothpaste squirted from the tube.

   • 1865, Sabine Baring-Gould, The Book of Werewolves, 2008, Forgotten Books, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=MrAz3l7VrqMC&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=%22squirt%22|%22squirts%22+child+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=7J6zqIZZrQ&sig=O-LvsIcuIxz4NqqgdrYQkUPqJ10&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iwpkUP3ALKeKmQXIgIHoAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22squirt%22|%22squirts%22%20child%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 121],

     His servants would stab a child in the jugular vein, and let the blood squirt over him.

2. (transitive, of a liquid) To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
   • 1815 February 23, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC ↗:

     The hard-featured miscreant […] coolly rolled his tobacco in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire grate.

   • 2005, Lisa Heard, NancyRayhorn, 8: Pediatric Sedation, Jan Odom-Forren, Donna Watson, Practical Guide To Moderate Sedation/Analgesia, 2nd Edition, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vr3EWsVgUwEC&pg=PA171&lpg=PA171&dq=%22squirt%22|%22squirts%22+child+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=L0LrsDWuvK&sig=sakHRa-41hLUtb1ZrzZTmkWxSaU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dCFkUNyOGeTsmAWQrYHYDA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22squirt%22|%22squirts%22%20child%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 171],

     When administering the medication, the RN should place the syringe tip along the side of the mouth and slowly squirt the medicine toward the buccal vestibule, not toward the throat.

3. (transitive, by extension) To emit, eject or excrete (something).
4. (transitive) To hit with a rapid stream of liquid.
5. (transitive, figuratively, obsolete) To throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.
   • 1692, Roger L'Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC ↗:

     he'll be ready to squirt his Wits at his own Shadow

6. (intransitive, slang, vulgar, of a female) To ejaculate.
7. To forcefully maneuver against the current so that the end of a kayak is forced nearly vertical.

• (to be ejected in a rapid stream)
• (to cause to be ejected in a rapid stream)
• (to eject a rapid stream at)
• (to speak rapidly)
• ((of a female) to ejaculate)

• French: gicler
• German: spritzen
• Portuguese: jorrar
• Russian: бры́згать

• Portuguese: esguichar