squirty en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /skwɜː(ɹ)ti/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English squirt Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English squirty From squirt + -y.
Meanings
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(informal, not-comparable) That operates by squirting.
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: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: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:
- (informal, not-comparable) Reminiscent of squirting (especially of sound)