floodgate vs squirt

floodgate

noun
  • An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice. 

  • Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion etc. 

squirt

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

  • A maneuver in which the boat is forced into a nearly vertical position. 

  • The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source. 

  • A small child. 

  • An act of urination. 

  • Female ejaculate. 

  • An annoyingly pretentious person; a whippersnapper. 

  • A small, quick stream; a jet. 

  • A burst of noise. 

verb
  • To emit, eject or excrete (something). 

  • To ejaculate. 

  • To forcefully maneuver against the current so that the end of the boat is forced nearly vertical. 

  • To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice. 

  • To hit with a rapid stream of liquid. 

  • To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice. 

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