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

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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

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

For tougher stains, add a couple squirts of dish soap and two tablespoons of baking soda into the basket and fill it with warm water. —Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 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