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as in kids
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
I am fond of the little squirt, I'll admit
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as in pours
to flow out in great quantities or with force
water squirting out of the faucet
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Recent Examples of squirts
Martha Stewart,
21 June 2026
Knowing whether something needs a little more time on the smoker, more seasoning, or a couple more squirts of sauce is a sixth sense pitmasters must acquire.
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Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
For tougher stains, add a couple squirts of dish soap and two tablespoons of baking soda into the basket and fill it with warm water.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2026
Fanning, at least in the commercial, when Samberg squirts mayo on her sandwich in the middle of a deli.
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Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Feb. 2026
Pretti is seen standing among a group of protesters with both hands visible, while holding his phone in one hand as an agent squirts pepper spray at the group.
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
Another image hanging on a bicycle road sign depicted a fist holding a smoking pistol to the head of someone in a Ku Klux Klan hood as blood squirts out of the figure's head.
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Peter D'abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
25 Nov. 2025
The opportunities are practically endless for this two-ball play set, which can be used as a teether, a bath toy that squirts and stacks, or as a simple squeeze toy.
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Pamela Brill,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
22 Apr. 2026
Block squirts out a capturing of Dreyfuss as a fuzzy-haired neurotic ping-ponging mood changes around the set.
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Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
10 Mar. 2026
What about biting into a burrito that squirts hot sauce on your arms?
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Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
The doctor pulls out a tube of blue jelly, squirts an arc onto Squire’s stomach.
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Emily Brindley,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
In a bucket, combine warm water with a few squirts of dish soap or a degreasing cleaner.
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Martha Stewart,
21 June 2026
Knowing whether something needs a little more time on the smoker, more seasoning, or a couple more squirts of sauce is a sixth sense pitmasters must acquire.
—
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
For tougher stains, add a couple squirts of dish soap and two tablespoons of baking soda into the basket and fill it with warm water.
—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2026
Fanning, at least in the commercial, when Samberg squirts mayo on her sandwich in the middle of a deli.
—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Feb. 2026
Pretti is seen standing among a group of protesters with both hands visible, while holding his phone in one hand as an agent squirts pepper spray at the group.
—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
Another image hanging on a bicycle road sign depicted a fist holding a smoking pistol to the head of someone in a Ku Klux Klan hood as blood squirts out of the figure's head.
—
Peter D'abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
25 Nov. 2025
The opportunities are practically endless for this two-ball play set, which can be used as a teether, a bath toy that squirts and stacks, or as a simple squeeze toy.
—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
This matches the only other blue ring in the solar system, namely Saturn's E-ring that is produced by cryovolcanism on Saturn's moon Enceladus, which squirts geysers of water into space.
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Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
22 Apr. 2026
Block squirts out a capturing of Dreyfuss as a fuzzy-haired neurotic ping-ponging mood changes around the set.
—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
10 Mar. 2026
What about biting into a burrito that squirts hot sauce on your arms?
—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
The doctor pulls out a tube of blue jelly, squirts an arc onto Squire’s stomach.
—
Emily Brindley,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squirts
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Hale pointed toward the sky and urged them to look up as three military jets roared above the crowd.
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In New York, Mayor Zohran Mamdani lit up the Empire State Building after Navy jets soared over the city and tall ships took to its harbor.
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On Sundays, Kenyon opens the gates of his homestead to kids from Cherbourg, and anyone else who wants to ride bulls.
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Both of the soon-to-be newlyweds have talked openly about wanting to have kids.
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In the low-elevation deserts of Eastern California, the sun sits high in the sky during late June and pours energy into the ground for much of the day.
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As the Judgment of Paris turns 50, winemaker Kristy Melton opens Freemark Abbey’s archives, pours historic bottles and reflects on what nearly 140 years of unbroken Napa history still has to say.
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In Lebanon, at least 100,000 children risk missing out on school unless classrooms damaged by Israeli strikes are urgently repaired or rebuilt before September, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF has warned.
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His mission to catch adults who prey on children was launched when a friend in cybersecurity told him about the online danger.
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Instead, the film rushes to its next action beat.
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Babcock is a possession coach; Bouchard’s brilliant passes tape-to-tape out of the defensive zone are textbook starters for rushes up the ice.
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Instead of asking whether existing programs are delivering results, Congress piles new spending and new funding streams onto an already fragmented system.
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The company launched Fox News and weather products, and subscription service Fox One, which streams the company’s sports and news.
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“Squirts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squirts. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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