Past tense of spur

Forms of spur

Spurred in a sentence

• The unintended ambiguity of the phrase was a double-edged sword: it spurred litigation but it also ended up shielding good-faith actors.From the entry double-edged sword
• The scientific advances spurred a Kuhnian revolution.From the entry Kuhnian
• Pollan's book spurred a whole genre of foodpocalypse writing, including novelist Barbara Kingsolver's book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.2012, Leslie Miller, Uncle Dave's Cow: And Other Whole Animals My Freezer Has Known, page 30. From the entry -pocalypse
• This spurred some people who had been duckrolled to duckroll others.2011, Sharon Kleinman, The Media and Communication Dictionary: A Guide for Students, Educators, and Professionals, page 91. From the entry duckroll
• The soldiers spurred their horses forward but were brought up short by Lieutenant Montoya.2009, Matthew Baca, The Antiquarian, →ISBN, page 145. From the entry bring up short

Meaning of spur

1. noun A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
2. noun A jab given with the spurs.
3. noun Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.

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• Spur in Urdu
• Spur in Bengali

Questions about the past tense of spur

What is the past tense of spur?

The past tense of spur is spurred.

What is the past participle of spur?

The past participle of spur is spurred.

Is spur a regular or irregular verb?

Spur is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.