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splurting

splurting is the present participle and gerund of splurt.

Meaning of splurt

Verb

splurt (third-person singular simple present splurts, present participle splurting, simple past and past participle splurted)

  1. (informal, transitive) To spit out violently, as with disgust or surprise.
    • God splurted out his mouthful of Cinzano Bianco and bellowed uncontrollably, tears streaming down his face.1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
  2. (ambitransitive, informal) To squirt out in a messy stream.
    • She splurted ketchup on her hash browns.2011, Andrea McKay, Blue Night, Blue Day, page 51

Questions about splurting

What is splurting the present participle and gerund of?
Splurting is the present participle and gerund of splurt.

Words near splurting in the dictionary

  1. splurgiest
  2. splurging
  3. splurgy
  4. splurt
  5. splurted
  6. splurting
  7. splurts
  8. splutter
  9. spluttered
  10. splutterer
  11. splutterers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: splurting (page history and authors); splurt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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