What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Squirted vs Squinted - What's the difference?

squirted | squinted |

As verbs the difference between squirted and squinted

is that squirted is past tense of squirt while squinted is past tense of squint.

squirted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (squirt)

    • 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

    squinted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (squint)

    • squint

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (lb) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
  • :
  • *
  • *:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
  • (lb) To look or glance sideways.
  • (lb) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
  • To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
  • (lb) To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
  • :

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
  • The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
    • He looks handsome although he's got a slight squint .
  • (senseid)A quick or sideways glance.
  • A short look.
  • * , Episode 12, The Cyclops
    • --And here she is, says Alf, that was giggling over the Police Gazette with Terry on the counter, in all her warpaint.
    --Give us a squint at her, says I.
  • A hagioscope.
  • (radio transmission) The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.

    • Related terms

    * cross-eyed

    Anagrams

    * quints