Verb

(head)

(squirt)

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.

Verb

(head)

(squirm)

Verb

(en verb)

To twist one’s body with snakelike motions.

The prisoner managed to squirm out of the straitjacket.

* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IV

...around us there had sprung up a perfect bedlam of screams and hisses and a seething caldron of hideous reptiles, devoid of fear and filled only with hunger and with rage. They clambered, squirmed and wriggled to the deck, forcing us steadily backward, though we emptied our pistols into them.

* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1

"Throw it away, dear, do," she said, as they got into the road; but Jacob squirmed away from her...

To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment.

I recounted the embarrassing story in detail just to watch him squirm .

* 2010 , , Questionable Content 1686: Twist in the Wind

MARIGOLD: Should I tell them I know?

DORA: Nah, let ’em squirm . Let’s go get some pie.

To evade (a question, an interviewer etc).

(figuratively) To move in a slow, irregular motion.

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