Synonyms of squirts

squirts 1 of 2

noun

plural of squirt

1

as in jets

a usually forceful stream of fluid discharged from a narrow opening

added a squirt of lemon juice to the baked haddock

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jets
• sprays
• spurts
• flushes
• bursts
• spouts
• gushes
• spits
• blasts
• spritzes
• spews
• geysers
• spouters

2

as in kids

a young person who is between infancy and adulthood

I am fond of the little squirt, I'll admit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kids
• children
• chicks
• cubs
• moppets
• sprouts
• buds
• kiddies
• juveniles
• monkeys
• babies
• sprats
• youngsters
• teenagers
• youths
• kiddos
• bambinos
• whelps
• bairns
• chaps
• teens
• younglings
• adolescents
• infants
• toddlers
• bantlings
• preschoolers
• newborn
• minors
• babes
• schoolgirls
• urchins
• kindergartners
• rug rats
• tots
• schoolchildren
• tykes
• neonates
• schoolboys
• schoolkids
• imps
• mischiefs
• teeners
• nestlings
• striplings
• cherubs
• subteens
• weanlings
• whippersnappers
• preteens
• rascals
• teenyboppers
• hellions
• rapscallions
• nippers
• jackanapeses
• shavers
• lads
• tads
• devils
• hoydens
• rogues
• bobby-soxers
• tweens
• preteen-agers
• tomboys

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adults
• grown-ups
• senior citizens
• seniors
• old-timers
• ancients
• elders
• oldsters
• middle-agers
• golden-agers

squirts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of squirt

as in pours

to flow out in great quantities or with force

water squirting out of the faucet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pours
• rushes
• streams
• gushes
• spurts
• jets
• splashes
• spouts
• rolls
• spews
• washes
• runs
• swooshes
• flushes
• sloshes
• floods
• cascades
• surges
• swells
• issues
• drowns
• overflows
• submerges
• plashes
• deluges
• inundates
• engulfs
• overwhelms
• fountains
• swamps
• sluices
• submerses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drops
• dribbles
• drips
• trickles
• sprinkles
• leaks
• bleeds
• seeps
• oozes
• weeps
• exudes
• percolates
• spatters
• strains

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of squirts

Noun

Fill your bucket with water and a few squirts of dish detergent. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2026

In a bucket, combine warm water with a few squirts of dish soap or a degreasing cleaner. — 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

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. — 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