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(18), v. t. [imp. & p. p. SQUIRTED; p. pr. & vb. n. SQUIRTING.] [Cf. L. Ger. swirtjen, to squirt, O. Sw. squätta, id., squättra, to scatter.] To eject or drive out of a narrow pipe or orifice, in a stream; as, to squirt water. The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire-grate. W. Scott.
Sense 1. To throw out liquid from a narrow orifice, in a rapid stream.
Sense 2. Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate. [Low.] L'Estrange.
Squirting cucumber. (Bot.) (a.) A plant (Ecballium elaterium), the fruit of which, when nearly ripe, separates suddenly from its peduncle, at the same time ejecting its juice and seeds. (b.) The fruit itself.
n. 1. An instrument with which a liquid is ejected in a stream with force. 2. A small, quick stream.