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spirt

spirt is the archaic spelling of spurt.

Meaning of spurt

Verb (1)

spurt (third-person singular simple present spurts, present participle spurting, simple past and past participle spurted)

  1. (transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
  2. (intransitive) To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
    • Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, / Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock.1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC

Verb (2)

spurt (third-person singular simple present spurts, present participle spurting, simple past and past participle spurted)

  1. (intransitive) To make a strong effort for a short period of time.
    • The bullion market spurted on Thursday.

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Forms of spirt

Verb
third-person singular presentspirts
present participlespirting
past participlespirted
pastspirted
Noun
pluralspirts

Questions about spirt

What is spirt the archaic spelling of?
Spirt is the archaic spelling of spurt.

Words near spirt in the dictionary

  1. spiroxamine
  2. spiroxatrine
  3. spiroxepin
  4. spiroylic acid
  5. spiroylous acid
  6. spirt
  7. spirted
  8. spirting
  9. spirtings
  10. spirtle
  11. spirtled

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