squirt

verb

• 1cause (a liquid) to be ejected from a small opening in a thin, fast stream or jet:she squirted soda into a glass
• cause (a container of liquid) to eject its contents in a thin, fast stream:some youngsters squirted a water pistol in her face
• [with object] wet with a jet or stream of liquid:she squirted me with scent
• [no object, with adverbial of direction] (of a liquid) be ejected from something in a thin, fast stream: tread on one of these and a jet of water squirts up your leg
• [no object, with adverbial of direction] (of an object) move suddenly and unpredictably:he got his glove on the ball but it squirted away

• 2transmit (information) in highly compressed or speeded-up form: radio equipment could squirt a million words from one continent to another

noun

• 1a thin stream or small quantity of liquid squirted from something:a squirt of perfume
• a small device from which a liquid may be squirted.

• 2 informal a puny or insignificant person:what did he see in this patronizing little squirt?

• 3a compressed radio signal transmitted at high speed.