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SQUIRT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

Synonyms:

jet; spirt; spurt; squirt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("squirt" is a kind of...):

discharge; outpouring; run (the pouring forth of a fluid)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "squirt"):

spray (a jet of vapor)

spritz (a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water))

Derivation:

squirt (wet with a spurt of liquid)

squirt (cause to come out in a squirt)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who is small and insignificant

Synonyms:

pip-squeak; small fry; squirt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("squirt" is a kind of...):

cipher; cypher; nobody; nonentity (a person of no influence)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wet with a spurt of liquid

Example:

spurt the wall with water

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "squirt" is one way to...):

wet (cause to become wet)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "squirt"):

squish (put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

The women squirt water into the bowl

Derivation:

squirt (the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid))

squirter (plaything consisting of a toy pistol that squirts water)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to come out in a squirt

Example:

the boy squirted water at his little sister

Synonyms:

eject; force out; squeeze out; squirt

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "squirt" is one way to...):

discharge (pour forth or release)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "squirt"):

spritz (eject (a liquid) quickly)

extravasate (force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

They squirt the bread with melted butter

Derivation:

squirt (the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid))

squirter (plaything consisting of a toy pistol that squirts water)

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