squirty

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/skwɜː(ɹ)ti/

adjective

That operates by squirting.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

adjectivesquirty (not comparable)
  1. informalnot comparableThat operates by squirting.

    Fountains may be of the gurgly, squirty or spray sort; all are pretty. To some the squirty sort have an air of impatience or nervousness […]

    1917, John Harrison Dick, Garden Guide, the Amateur Gardener's Handbook
    2 more examples

    Cold Comfort seizes a plastic squirty bottle of tomato ketchup. He's about to inject the red stuff into my pie like a builder squirting insulation […]

    2005, Pete McCarthy, The Road to McCarthy

    The woman was busy making the hot chocolates; she was now bent down retrieving the squirty cream from a small box fridge nestled underneath the counter.

    2011, Mark Howell, Scallywags, page 12
  2. informalnot comparableReminiscent of squirting (especially of sound)

Origin

From squirt + -y.

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APA

squirty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squirty

MLA

“squirty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squirty. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “squirty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squirty.

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