noun

1. An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.

2. A small, quick stream; a jet.

3. (hydrodynamics) The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.

Synonyms: anklebiter

verb

1. (of a liquid) To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.

   “The toothpaste squirted from the tube.”

2. (of a liquid) To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.

3. To hit with a rapid stream of liquid.