squirts 1 of 2

plural of squirt

squirts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of squirt

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of squirts
Noun
Fill the tub with enough hot water to cover the racks and add a few squirts of dish soap. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 July 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squirts
Noun
  • And, as Europe has felt more threatened by Russian incursions, a week ago NATO fighter jets destroyed a drone near Romania’s natural gas projects in the Black Sea.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The latest flare-up revives memories of the 1982 war that killed hundreds on both sides, but today a far stronger British garrison, modern jets and naval patrols make any new conflict far riskier.
    Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The passage about the group of hippies going out to the pueblo and giving the Native kids LSD and hooking up on the tribe’s sacred ground until they get run off is priceless.
    Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Each year, Kenny Wilson and her husband pile their two kids into the car and drive hours from her Texas home to a cruise port in Galveston.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Shoshone chief next to me pours more water on the hot stones that are stacked in the middle of our circle of ten.
    Taylor Eisenhauer, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026
  • As the country pours money into tourism megaprojects, obstacles remain.
    Lev Akabas, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Many were founded on the idea that children should not be imprisoned with adults but still needed discipline, reform and punishment.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
  • Biggart rarely discussed it, though the experience announced itself whenever his children approached fireworks or open flames.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Put more simply, QBI takes into account passes, rushes, scrambles, sacks, turnovers and anything else that happens when the football is in the quarterback’s hands.
    Austin Mock, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • An already small venue has been reduced in size even further as the club rushes through expansion to reach the league minimum of 15,000 capacity by the spring.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Afternoon sun streams straight through and heats the room from the inside.
    Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • As starlight streams through the telescope, those actuators subtly reshape the mirrors in real time, correcting for imperfections in the telescope's optics smaller than the width of a strand of DNA.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026

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“Squirts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squirts. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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