Dictionary entry

Squirt

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Squirt (skwẽrt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Squirted; p. pr. & vb. n.Squirting.] [Cf. LG. swirtjen to squirt, OSw. sqvätta, E. squander.] To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice; as, to squirt water.

The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire grate. Sir W. Scott.

Squirting cucumber. (Bot.) See Ecballium.