| Pronunciation: | | spurt
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- [n] the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- [v] move with increasing speed
- [v] gush forth in a sudden stream or jet of liquids
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| | Synonyms: | | forge, gush, jet, spirt, spirt, spout, squirt |
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| | See Also: | | blow, discharge, go, locomote, move, outpouring, pour, pump, run, spray, spritz, travel, whoosh |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Spurt\, v. i. [Written also spirt, and originally the
same word as sprit; OE. sprutten to sprout, AS. spryttan. See
{Sprit}, v. i., {Sprout}, v. i.]
To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as
liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small
stream or jet; to spirt.
Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, Spurts in
the gardener's eyes who turns the cock. --Pope.
\Spurt\, v. t.
To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or
force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small
orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth.
\Spurt\, n. [Cf. Icel. sprette a spurt, spring, run,
spretta to sprit, spring.]
A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an
increased exertion for a brief space.
The long, steady sweep of the so-called ``paddle''
tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of
the spurt. --T. Hughes.
\Spurt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spurted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spurting}.]
To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
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