as in to pour
to flow out in great quantities or with force
water squirting out of the faucet
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as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
I am fond of the little squirt, I'll admit
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Recent Examples of squirt
Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Barfield squirted through the line for the first down — and kept on trucking.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 27 Oct. 2025
This would be no squirt-gun fight.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
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Dad would question her drinking, which was like squirting lighter fluid on a roaring fire.
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After the Wild pressured, but did not score, on their first power play, the Sharks doubled their lead when Wallstedt thwarted a rush to the net, only to have the puck squirt through a crowd to rookie Michael Misa, who popped it past the goalie’s outstretched skate.
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Messages poured in from strangers who recognized their own grief in Maggie’s behavior.—
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Jacob Klass poured in 31 points while Eli Landman chipped in with 21 points as Beverly (6-2) cruised over Gloucester 77-49.—
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Rare earths and the magnets made from them are used heavily by militaries in weapons like fighter jets, drones and missiles, and are also critical for manufacturing goods such as smartphones and electric vehicles.—
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Fighter jets bombed strategic targets in Panama City and Colón, while ground forces dismantled the Panamanian Defense Forces.—
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Here, a look at the new kids on the block, arriving just in time for the season.—
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Elk Grove city leaders are now taking steps to ban kids from parking off campus.—
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In the videos, which are still streaming on the servers of the New York Times, the incessant Israeli bombing rattles the viewer’s nerves through the immediacy of our screens.—
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The show will air one last time on the CBS Television Network and will be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ Premium subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the special airs).—
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If your children do homework at the kitchen table instead of their bedrooms, find a spot to keep school supplies handy.—
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Questioning the powerful influences that oversee and fund what our children learn is critical.—
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First responders in Atlanta rushed to an airport runway Tuesday after an aircraft experienced a harrowing landing failure, with all eight of its landing tires bursting the moment the plane touched down, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.—
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Lopez rushed her back to the emergency room, where an MRI revealed a diagnosis of transverse myelitis, a rare inflammatory disorder affecting the spinal cord.—
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By 15 weeks, the chicks have generally left the nest but are often not more than a mile or so away.—
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Never doubt chicks with sticks.—
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The cubs’ mother, Molly, arrived at the zoo from Sunset Zoo in Kansas last April.—
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What readers are saying The comments on the article about sloth bears at the National Zoo focus on the birth of two sloth bear cubs and the uncertainty surrounding the identity of their father.—
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“Squirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squirt. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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