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spurt

[spurt] ,
–verb (used without object)
1. to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
2. to show marked, usually increased, activity or energy for a short period: The runners spurted forward in the last lap of the race.
–verb (used with object)
3. to expel or force out suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
–noun
4. a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
5. a marked increase of effort for a short period or distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
6. a sudden burst or outburst, as of activity, energy, or feeling.
Also, spirt.


Origin:
1560–70; var. of spirt; orig. uncert.


spurter, noun
spurtive, adjective
spur⋅tive⋅ly, adverb


1. well, spring. See flow. 4. spout.


1. drip, ooze.
spurt   (spûrt)   
n.  
  1. A sudden forcible gush or jet.
  2. A sudden short burst, as of energy, activity, or growth.
v.   spurt·ed, spurt·ing, spurts

v.   intr.
  1. To gush forth suddenly in a jet.
  2. To make a brief intense effort or show a sudden increase in activity or speed.
v.   tr.
To force out in a sudden jet.

[Origin unknown.]

Spurt

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

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

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

Spurt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spurted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spurting.] To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
Language Translation for : spurt
Italian: sprizzare, sgorgare,
German: spritzen,
Japanese: ほとばしる

spurt  (v.)
"to gush out, squirt," 1570, variant of spirt, perhaps cognate with M.H.G. spürzen "to spit," and sprützen "to squirt" (see sprout). The noun in this sense is attested from 1775.

spurt  (n.)
"brief burst of activity," 1566, variant of spirt "brief period of time" (1550), of uncertain origin, perhaps somehow connected with spurt (v.).
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