| squirt | | |
| n. (person) | 1. pip-squeak, small fry, squirt | someone who is small and insignificant. |
| ~ nobody, nonentity, cypher, cipher | a person of no influence. |
| n. (event) | 2. jet, spirt, spurt, squirt | the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid). |
| ~ outpouring, discharge, run | the pouring forth of a fluid. |
| ~ spray | a jet of vapor. |
| ~ spritz | a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water). |
| v. (contact) | 3. eject, force out, squeeze out, squirt | cause to come out in a squirt.; "the boy squirted water at his little sister" |
| ~ spritz | eject (a liquid) quickly.; "spritz water on a surface" |
| ~ extravasate | force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel. |
| ~ discharge | pour forth or release.; "discharge liquids" |
| v. (contact) | 4. squirt | wet with a spurt of liquid.; "spurt the wall with water" |
| ~ wet | cause to become wet.; "Wet your face" |
| ~ squish | put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action. |
| spout | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. spout | an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain. |
| ~ gargoyle | a spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal. |
| ~ nozzle, nose | a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged. |
| ~ opening | a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made.; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" |
| ~ pipage, pipe, piping | a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.. |
| ~ watering can, watering pot | a container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle; used to sprinkle water over plants. |
| v. (motion) | 2. gush, spirt, spout, spurt | gush forth in a sudden stream or jet.; "water gushed forth" |
| ~ pump | flow intermittently. |
| ~ blow | spout moist air from the blowhole.; "The whales blew" |
| ~ whoosh | gush or squirt out.; "Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well" |
| ~ pour | flow in a spurt.; "Water poured all over the floor" |
| v. (communication) | 3. jabber, mouth off, rabbit on, rant, rave, spout | talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner. |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
| spurt | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. forge, spirt, spurt | move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy. |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
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