# squirt

> English word · Noun · IPA /skwɝt/ · frequency rank #21,944

## Definitions
1. An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.
2. A small, quick stream; a jet.
3. The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
4. A burst of noise.
5. An annoyingly pretentious person; a whippersnapper.
6. A small child.
7. Female ejaculate.
8. An act of urination.
9. A maneuver in which a kayak is forced into a nearly vertical position.

## Etymology
From Middle English squirten, squyrten, of uncertain origin; probably onomatopoeic. Akin to swirl. Compare Low German swirtjen (“to squirt”) and Swedish water onomatopoeias skvala, skvalp, skvimpa, and skvätta; Icelandic skvetta; and Norwegian skvette.

## Easily confused with
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squirt-vs-suit)
- **sturt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squirt-vs-sturt)
- **Stuart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squirt-vs-stuart)
- **squish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squirt-vs-squish)
- **shirt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shirt-vs-squirt)
- **skirt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-squirt)
- **squat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squat-vs-squirt)
- **squid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squid-vs-squirt)
- **spurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spurt-vs-squirt)
- **square** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/square-vs-squirt)
- **squire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squire-vs-squirt)
- **squint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squint-vs-squirt)
- **squirm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squirm-vs-squirt)

## Common misspellings (9)
`qsuirt`, `sqiurt`, `sqquirt`, `squirrt`, `squirtt`, `squitr`, `squrit`, `ssquirt`, `suqirt`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/squirt