Squirt vs Sport - What's the difference?
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An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.
A small, quick stream; a jet.
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(slang) An annoyingly pretentious person; a whippersnapper.
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(UK, US, Australia, slang) A small child.
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* 2010 , Karen Witemeyer, A Tailor-Made Bride , Bethany House Publishers, US,
(slang) Female ejaculate
(of a liquid) To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
* 1865 , , The Book of Werewolves , 2008, Forgotten Books,
(of a liquid) To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
* Sir Walter Scott
* 1985 , The Living Australia, Dangerous Australians: The Complete Guide to Australia?s Most Deadly Creatures , 2002, Murdoch Books,
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To hit with a rapid stream of liquid.
* 2010 , Christy Isbell, Mighty Fine Motor Fun: Fine Motor Activities for Young Children ,
(figuratively) To throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.
(intransitive, slang, vulgar, of a female) To ejaculate.
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(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.
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(obsolete) Mockery; derision.
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(countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
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* John Clarke
(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.
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(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)
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(obsolete) Play; idle jingle.
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To amuse oneself, to play.
To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
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To display; to have as a notable feature.
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, title= (reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
* Bible, Isa. lvii. 4
To represent by any kind of play.
* (John Dryden)
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.
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)page 9,
- Chances are you?ll get a squirt of citrus juice in your eye.
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- 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.
- Hey squirt ! Where you been?
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- Hurd returns with Mal, Mr. Eph, and Gumbo, the “town squirt ” of twelve, and the boys? activities come out.
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- 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.
Synonyms
* (instrument that forcefully ejects liquid) * * (annoyingly pretentious person) * (small child)Derived terms
* sea squirt * squirt bottleVerb
(en verb)- The toothpaste squirted from the tube.
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- His servants would stab a child in the jugular vein, and let the blood squirt over him.
- The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire grate.
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- It can squirt this poison in jets up to a distance of one metre and usually aims at the eyes of its victim.
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- 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.
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- Use a dropper and squirt the desired amount in the side of the child?s mouth.
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- Ask the child to squirt the target with water.
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- 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
* quirtssport
English
(wikipedia sport)Noun
- Think it but a minute spent in sport .
- Her sports were such as carried riches of knowledge upon the stream of delight.
- The little dog laughed to see such sport , and the dish ran away with the spoon.
- Then make sport at me; then let me be your jest.
- flitting leaves, the sport of every wind
- Never does man appear to greater disadvantage than when he is the sport of his own ungoverned passions.
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- 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 sportVerb
(en verb)- He sports with his own life.
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- Against whom do ye sport yourselves?
- Now sporting on thy lyre the loves of youth.
- (Darwin)