squirty
adj/skwɜː(ɹ)ti/
Etymology From squirt + -y.
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Informal That 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:
- 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:
1 more example
- 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:
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Informal Reminiscent of squirting (especially of sound)
- Derived terms
- squirtiness, squirty cream