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Squirt vs Squid - What's the difference?

squirt | squid |

As nouns the difference between squirt and squid

is that squirt is an instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream while squid is any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles.

As a verb squirt

is to be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.

squirt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.
  • A small, quick stream; a jet.
  • * 2007 , Peter Elst, Sas Jacobs, Object-Oriented ActionScript 3.0 , page 9,
    • Chances are you?ll get a squirt of citrus juice in your eye.
  • (slang) An annoyingly pretentious person; a whippersnapper.
  • * 1946 , , 2005, page 606,
    • He was still there when I came up, a squirt' with his hat over one eye and a camera hung round his neck and a grin on his '''squirt''' face. I thought maybe I had seen him around town, but maybe not, the ' squirts look so much alike when they grind them out of journalism school.
  • (UK, US, Australia, slang) A small child.
    • Hey squirt ! Where you been?
  • * 1986 , Alethea Helbig, Agnes Perkins, Cutlass Island'', entry in ''Dictionary of American Children?s Fiction, 1960-1984: Recent Books of Recognized Merit , page 137,
    • Hurd returns with Mal, Mr. Eph, and Gumbo, the “town squirt ” of twelve, and the boys? activities come out.
  • * 2010 , Karen Witemeyer, A Tailor-Made Bride , Bethany House Publishers, US, page 66,
    • How the child managed to converse and fold at the same time was a marvel, yet the shirt lay in a tidy rectangle by the time she came up for air.
    “Thanks, squirt .” He winked at her and she giggled.
  • (slang) Female ejaculate

    • Synonyms

    * (instrument that forcefully ejects liquid) * * (annoyingly pretentious person) * (small child)

    Derived terms

    * sea squirt * squirt bottle

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of a liquid) To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
    • The toothpaste squirted from the tube.
  • * 1865 , , The Book of Werewolves , 2008, Forgotten Books, page 121,
    • His servants would stab a child in the jugular vein, and let the blood squirt over him.
  • (of a liquid) To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire grate.
  • * 1985 , The Living Australia, Dangerous Australians: The Complete Guide to Australia?s Most Deadly Creatures , 2002, Murdoch Books, page 88,
    • It can squirt this poison in jets up to a distance of one metre and usually aims at the eyes of its victim.
  • * 2005 , Lisa Heard, NancyRayhorn, 8: Pediatric Sedation'', Jan Odom-Forren, Donna Watson, ''Practical Guide To Moderate Sedation/Analgesia , 2nd Edition, page 171,
    • When administering the medication, the RN should place the syringe tip along the side of the mouth and slowly squirt the medicine toward the buccal vestibule, not toward the throat.
  • * 2011 , James Balch, Mark Stengler, Prescription for Natural Cures , unnumbered page,
    • Use a dropper and squirt the desired amount in the side of the child?s mouth.
  • To hit with a rapid stream of liquid.
  • * 2010 , Christy Isbell, Mighty Fine Motor Fun: Fine Motor Activities for Young Children , page 81,
    • Ask the child to squirt the target with water.
  • (figuratively) To throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.
    • (rfquotek, L'Estrange)
  • (intransitive, slang, vulgar, of a female) To ejaculate.
  • * 2010 , Sonia Borg, Oral Sex She?ll Never Forget , page 9,
    • Women who squirt rhapsodize about the experience, reporting that it elicits feelings of empowerment and a deeper connection to their own bodies.

    Synonyms

    * (to be ejected in a rapid stream) * (to cause to be ejected in a rapid stream) * (to eject a rapid stream at) * (to speak rapidly) *

    Related terms

    * squirter

    Anagrams

    * quirts

    squid

    English

    (wikipedia squid)

    Etymology 1

    . Perhaps related to (squirt)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
  • A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
  • (mildly, pejorative) A sailor in the Navy.
  • (UK, slang, humorous, rare) A quid; one pound sterling.
    • Can you lend me five squid ? I feel like a bacon sarnie.
    Derived terms
    * arrow squid * broad squid * colossal squid * giant squid * jumbo squid * squidhound
    See also
    * (wikipedia) * calamari * cuttlefish * octopus

    Etymology 2

    Possibly a blend of (stupid) and (quick); "stupid, quick, under-dressed and imminently dead", a claimed origin, is probably a backronym Derived from "squirrelly kid"

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, motorcycling, pejorative) A motorcyclist characterized by lack of riding gear, reckless/careless/unsafe riding, especially of sport bikers.
  • * "In my mind, a street squid is anyone who races on the street. Period."1
  • * "squid: a cocky motorcyclist who darts very aggressively through traffic"2

    • References

    * Harrison, Greg. Son of Squid. American Motorcyclist. Vol. 41, No. 8. ISSN 0277-9358. p. 5. Aug 1987 * Hough, David L. (2000), Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well (2nd ed.), USA: BowTie Press, p. 253, ISBN 1889540536, 9781889540535, p. 253.

    Anagrams

    * English heteronyms English terms with unknown etymologies