squirt

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The mouth in the young sea-squirt, again, opens on the top of the head instead of in the front, which is here modified to form a sucker.

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  1. intransitive verb To issue forth in a thin forceful stream or jet; spurt.
  2. intransitive verb To eject liquid in a jet.
  3. transitive verb To eject (liquid) forcibly in a thin stream from a narrow opening.
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  • She mixed up a ginger ale and ice cream to make a Boston Cooler for the squirt, and took that in with a plate of cookies. —  Greene, Jennifer - Rock Solid (html).html
  • A sea squirt was shoring himself up with the flow from an undersea fresh-water spring, getting tipsy on the rare liquid. —  Centaur Aisle
  • That wasn't Jesus making her squirt -- she hit L-109 because a nice man with an expensive suit on was 'touching her.' —  The Real Frank Zappa Book
  • His latest effort to beat the iPod is to tout the fact that Zune users can 'squirt' (his word, not mine!) songs wirelessly to their friends and if anybody buys the song a commission will be paid out. —  Gadgets Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • This funnel-shaped sea squirt, never before seen, will snap shut like a Venus flytrap around shrimp that are unfortunate enough to go near it. —  CNN.com
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squirt:   squirted ·  squirting
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English squirten, possibly of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin; akin to Low German swirtjen.

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  1. English dial. also swirt; perhaps from Low German swirtjen, squirt. The equivalent verb squitter can hardly be connected.
  2. from squirt, v.
 

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