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Word entry · 6 letters

squirt

Best crossword clue

"Small spray"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /skwɝt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted iqrstuStarts with SEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. wet with a spurt of liquid

Word origin

From Middle English squirten, squyrten, of uncertain origin; probably onomatopoeic. Akin to swirl. Compare Low German swirtjen (“to squirt”) and Swedish water onomatopoeias skvala, skvalp, skvimpa, and skvätta; Icelandic skvetta; and Norwegian skvette.

Used in a sentence

  • Chances are you′ll get a squirt of citrus juice in your eye.
  • As the connection was broken, the receiver let out a shrill squirt of static.
  • Hey squirt! Where you been?

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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