Meaning

noun someone who is small and insignificant

noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

verb cause to come out in a squirt

originFrom 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.

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