squirt

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
• Syn:
jet, spurt, spirt
• Derivationally related forms:
spirt (for: spirt), spurt (for: spurt), jet (for: jet)
• Hypernyms:
discharge, outpouring, run
• Hyponyms:
spray, spritz
2. someone who is small and insignificant
• Syn:
pip-squeak, small fry
• Hypernyms:
cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity

II - verb

1. cause to come out in a squirt (Freq. 1)
- the boy squirted water at his little sister
• Syn:
force out, squeeze out, eject
• Derivationally related forms:
ejection (for: eject), squirter
• Hypernyms:
discharge
• Hyponyms:
spritz, extravasate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They squirt the bread with melted butter
2. wet with a spurt of liquid
- spurt the wall with water
• Derivationally related forms:
squirter
• Hypernyms:
wet
• Hyponyms:
squish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- The women squirt water into the bowl

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  jet, spurt, spirt, pip-squeak, small fry, force out, squeeze out, eject