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English

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɜː(r)t|-ɜː(r)t

Verb

to spurt

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.
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.

Noun

A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice.
:a spurt of water
Ejaculation of semen
Any sudden but not prolonged action.
:The boss's visit prompted a brief spurt of activity.

Category:Unknown etymology

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spurt \Spurt\ (sp[^u]rt), 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.
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Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock,
Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock.
--Pope.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spurt \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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spurt \Spurt\, n.
1. A sudden or violent ejection or gushing of a liquid, as of
water from a tube, orifice, or other confined place, or of
blood from a wound; a jet; a spirt.
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2. A shoot; a bud. [Obs.] --Holland.
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3. Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy.
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Spurt grass (Bot.), a rush fit for basket work. --Dr.
Prior.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spurt \Spurt\ (sp[^u]rt), n. [Cf. Icel. sprettr a spurt, spring,
run, spretta to spirt, spring.]
A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an
increased exertion for a brief space.
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The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried
him almost as much as the breathless strain of the
spurt. --T. Hughes.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spurt \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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WordNet spurt
n : the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) [syn: jet,
squirt, spirt]
v 1: gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth"
[syn: spirt, gush, spout]
2: move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy [syn:
forge, spirt]

Moby Dictionary
a breath , acceleration , access , ado , advance , agitation , anabasis ,
ascension , ascent , belch , bit , blow out , blowout , bob up , bother ,
botheration , break water , bundle , burst , burst of speed , bustle ,
canter , cascade , cast forth , chase , clamber , climb , climbing ,
commotion , crowd , dart ahead , dash , dash ahead , dash off , dash on ,
dead run , debouch , debouchment , decant , discharge , disembogue ,
disgorge , disgorgement , dissiliency , dogtrot , double-time , drain ,
drain out , effort , ejaculate , ejaculation , elevation , emission ,
empty , eruct , eructation , erupt , eruption , escalade , exhaust ,
expel , expulsion , extravasate , extravasation , feery-fary , ferment ,
festinate , fidgetiness , find vent , fit , flank speed , flap ,
flare-up , flat-out speed , float up , flow , flow out , flurry , flush ,
fluster , flutter , flutteriness , fly up , font , forced draft , fount ,
fountain , full gallop , fuss , fussiness , gallop , get going ,
get moving , geyser , gush , gush out , gyring up , hand gallop , hasten ,
headlong rush , heavy right foot , high lope , hubbub , hullabaloo ,
hurry , hurry on , hurry through , hurry up , hurry-scurry , hustle ,
improvement , increase , instant , interval , jet , jog trot , jump ,
jump up , leap , leap up , levitation , little , little bit ,
little while , lope , lose no time , maelstrom , make a dash ,
make a spurt , make haste , maximum speed , moment , mount , mounting ,
move quickly , no time , open throttle , outbreak , outburst , outflow ,
outpour , pair of winks , play , plunge , pop up , post , pother , pour ,
pour forth , pour out , press on , push on , race , rapids ,
restlessness , rise , rising , rocket , rocketing up , run , run out ,
rush , rush ahead , rush through , saltation , scamper , scramble , scud ,
scurry , scuttle , send forth , send out , shoot , shoot ahead ,
shoot up , shooting up , short spell , short time , skyrocket ,
sluice out , small space , soaring , span , spasm , spate , spell , spew ,
spew out , spit , spout , spout out , spouter , spray , spring ,
spring up , sprint , sprit , spritz , spurtle , squirt , start up , stew ,
stir , surface , surge , sweat , swirl , takeoff , taking off , tear ,
throw out , to-do , torrent , trot , tumult , two shakes , unquiet ,
upclimb , upcoming , updraft , upgang , upgo , upgoing , upgrade ,
upgrowth , uphill , upleap , uplift , upping , uprisal , uprise ,
uprising , uprush , upshoot , upslope , upspear , upspring , upstart ,
upsurge , upsurgence , upsweep , upswing , vault , vault up , volcan ,
vomit , vomit forth , vomit out , vortex , well , well out , whirl ,
wide-open speed , zooming