squirter
n.— «The two platoons burst out of their Humvees to the side of a four-story building in the Abu Saif neighborhood of Baghdad on Saturday. One squad sprinted to the back to catch any “squirters,” as the soldiers call fleeing insurgents. The others crashed through the front and started clearing various nooks and crannies in the aging structure.» —“Raid in Baghdad’s Abu Saif neighborhood a success as GIs nab 2 suspected insurgents” by James Warden in Baghdad, Iraq Stars and Stripes Mar. 17, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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