as in pouring
to flow out in great quantities or with force
water squirting out of the faucet
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Recent Examples of squirting
Tommy is on a one-man sub-baking, mayo-squirting, cheese-melting mission to convert London’s snooty sandwich-nibblers to hearty American sub-munchers.
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Dominic Green, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
The idea was to coax Thuza into a tight space with his favorite foods and then to desensitize him to humans touching and squirting water on the face.
—Cody Jackson, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
One of Saturn's moons, Enceladus has been known to be an active ocean world ever since 2005, when the Cassini mission found giant plumes of water vapour squirting up from the ocean deep below through huge fractures in the surface.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Dad would question her drinking, which was like squirting lighter fluid on a roaring fire.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
And everybody knows that squirting something up your nose could be easier than sticking yourself with a needle.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Dominic Green, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
The idea was to coax Thuza into a tight space with his favorite foods and then to desensitize him to humans touching and squirting water on the face.
—Cody Jackson, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
One of Saturn's moons, Enceladus has been known to be an active ocean world ever since 2005, when the Cassini mission found giant plumes of water vapour squirting up from the ocean deep below through huge fractures in the surface.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Dad would question her drinking, which was like squirting lighter fluid on a roaring fire.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
And everybody knows that squirting something up your nose could be easier than sticking yourself with a needle.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squirting
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North of the stadium, fans pouring from Tri-Rail and Metrorail trains mass marched across Northwest 20th Street, in front of the Sheraton and through the Nu Stadium parking lot, just like fans in cities with proper mass transit.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Upgrades will require significant reinforcement of some walls and elevator shafts, though engineers have found ways to do the work by pouring new concrete footings and installing additional steel bracing without significantly impinging on internal spaces or being visible on exterior surfaces.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Zookeepers are not rushing to put them together.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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The group then sprang into action, rushing to pull them from the burning vehicle and extinguish the flames.—
Michele Gile,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The microdrama streaming app and MediaCo, the current owner of the long-running tabloid, have inked a production deal to adapt stories from the Enquirer archives as vertical series, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2026
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The 10-episode first season had its finale on March 19th and is streaming on Paramount+.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Squirting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squirting. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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