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squirt | sport |

As nouns the difference between squirt and sport

is that squirt is an instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream while sport is fun, pastime, sport.

As a verb squirt

is (of a liquid) 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) *

    Anagrams

    * quirts

    sport

    English

    (wikipedia sport)

    Noun

  • (countable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
  • (countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
  • * Jen may have won, but she was sure a poor sport ; she laughed at the loser.
  • * The loser was a good sport , and congratulated Jen on her performance.
  • (countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner, a good sport.
  • * You're such a sport ! You never get upset when we tease you.
  • (obsolete) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Think it but a minute spent in sport .
  • * Sir Philip Sidney
  • Her sports were such as carried riches of knowledge upon the stream of delight.
  • * Hey Diddle Diddle
  • The little dog laughed to see such sport , and the dish ran away with the spoon.
  • (obsolete) Mockery; derision.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Then make sport at me; then let me be your jest.
  • (countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
  • * Dryden
  • flitting leaves, the sport of every wind
  • * John Clarke
  • Never does man appear to greater disadvantage than when he is the sport of his own ungoverned passions.
  • (uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
  • (biology, botany, zoology, countable) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.
  • * '>citation
  • (slang, countable) A sportsman; a gambler.
  • (slang, countable) One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
  • (obsolete, uncountable) An amorous dalliance.
  • * Charlie and Lisa enjoyed a bit of sport after their hike.
  • (informal, usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , date= , year=1924 , month=July , first= , last= , author=Ellis Butler , coauthors= , title=The Little Tin Godlets , volume=25 , issue=1 , page=14 , magazine=The Rotarian , publisher=Rotary International , issn= citation , passage="Say, sport !" he would say briskly.}}
  • (obsolete) Play; idle jingle.
  • * Broome
  • An author who should introduce such a sport of words upon our stage would meet with small applause.

    Derived terms

    * air sport * blood sport * combat sport * contact sport * cue sport * extreme sport * flying sport * good sport * individual sport * mind sport * motorsport * old sport * poor sport * professional sport * spectator sport * spoilsport * sportsman * sportsmanship * sport jacket * sport stacking * sport utility vehicle * team sport * watersport * wheelchair sport * winter sport

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To amuse oneself, to play.
  • To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
  • * Tillotson
  • He sports with his own life.
  • To display; to have as a notable feature.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].}}
  • (reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
  • * Bible, Isa. lvii. 4
  • Against whom do ye sport yourselves?
  • To represent by any kind of play.
  • * (John Dryden)
  • Now sporting on thy lyre the loves of youth.
  • To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
  • To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
  • (Darwin)

    Anagrams

    * ports * strop 1000 English basic words ----