1. (v. t.) To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice; as, to squirt water.
2. (v. i.) To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice; -- said of liquids.
3. (v. i.) Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.
4. (n.) An instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small stream with force.
5. (n.) A small, quick stream; a jet.
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