squirt
verb
[ skwəːt ]
• cause (a liquid) to be ejected from a small opening in a thin, fast stream or jet.
• "she squirted soda into a glass"
• transmit (information) in highly compressed or speeded-up form.
• "radio equipment could squirt a million words from one continent to another"
squirt
noun
• a thin stream or small quantity of liquid squirted from something.
• "a squirt of perfume"
• a puny or insignificant person.
• "what did he see in this patronizing little squirt?"
Similar:
impudent person,
insignificant person,
gnat,
insect,
pipsqueak,
twerp,
nerd,
johnny,
squit,
whippersnapper,
git,
plonker,
nyaff,
bozo,
picayune,
pisher,
snip,
smart mouth,
malapert,
quean,
dandiprat,
small fry,
pissant,
• a compressed radio signal transmitted at high speed.
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): imitative.
