■ verb
1》 (with reference to a liquid) be or cause to be ejected in a thin jet from a small opening.
↘wet with a jet of liquid.
2》 transmit (information) in highly compressed or speeded-up form.
■ noun
1》 a thin jet of liquid.
↘a device from which liquid may be ~ed.
2》 informal a puny or insignificant person.
3》 a compressed radio signal transmitted at high speed.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
ME: imitative.