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spurt

UK/spɜːt/US/spɜɹt/

spurt verb: to cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.

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
    • With that he pulled open his shirt, and with his long sharp nails opened a vein in his breast. When the blood began to spurt out, he took my hands in one of his, holding them tight, and with the other seized my neck and pressed my mouth to the wound, so that I must either suffocate or swallow some...1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC

Noun (1)

spurt (plural spurts)

  1. A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
    • a spurt of water; a spurt of blood
  2. (slang) Ejaculation of semen.
    • "Clean all your spurt off me, man." And so I did.2019, R.W. Clinger, Stockton County Cowboys Box Set, JMS Books LLC, →ISBN
  3. (obsolete) A shoot; a bud.
    • The Garden Sperages[…]send out at first certaine greene spurts or buds peeping forth of the ground.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book II.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […]...

Noun (2)

spurt (plural spurts)

  1. A moment, a short period of time.
  2. A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
    • The boss's visit prompted a brief spurt of activity.
    • I seem to remember talking wanderingly to myself during that last spurt.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 111
  3. The act of spurting, or something spurted
    • He thrust against her and deep inside, she felt his spurt of semen. Her clit jumped in response, and Lily tumbled into an orgasm that shook her clear to her toes.2015, Shelley Munro, Alexandre

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.
    • The runners spurted to the last lap as if they had extracted new energy from the applauds of the audience.

spurt meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

spurt in Tamil

பீறித் தெறி, பீறித்தெறிப்பு

spurt in Malayalam

പീച്ചുക, തെറിപ്പിക്കുക, വേഗത്തിൽ വെളിക്കുതളളുക

spurt in Kannada

ಚೇಪು, ಚಿಮ್ಮು, ಅನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿತ ವೃದ್ಧಿ, ದಿಢೀರ್ ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆ, ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಕೆ, ಮಹಾಪ್ರಯತ್ನ

Examples of spurt in a sentence

  • The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt.1859, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown At Oxford:
  • After a brief spurt of conviviality on our part, my partner and I quickly moved on to our priority— tracking down play parties.1991 April 22, Wickie Stamps, “A Lesbian Looks At The GMSMA's 10ᵗʰ Anniversary Celebration”, in Gay Community News, page 11:

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Synonyms of spurt

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Forms of spurt

Verb
third-person singular presentspurts
present participlespurting
past participlespurted
pastspurted
alternative formspirt
Noun
pluralspurts

Past tense of spurt: spurted

Plural of spurt: spurts

Origin of spurt

From earlier spirt, sprit (“to sprout”), from Middle English sprytten, from Old English spryttan, from Proto-West Germanic *spruttjan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).

Uncertain. May be derived from Etymology 1.

Words formed from spurt

Words that rhyme with spurt

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Questions about spurt

What does spurt mean?
Spurt means to cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
What is spurt in Tamil?
Spurt in Tamil is பீறித் தெறி, பீறித்தெறிப்பு. See Spurt meaning in Tamil.
How do you use spurt in a sentence?
The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt.
What part of speech is spurt?
Spurt can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce spurt?
Spurt is pronounced /spɜːt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of spurt?
The past tense of spurt is spurted.

Words near spurt in the dictionary

  1. spurry
  2. spurs
  3. spurs of the moment
  4. spurs on
  5. Spursy
  6. spurt
  7. spurted
  8. spurting
  9. spurtingly
  10. spurtings
  11. spurtive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spurt (page history and authors); spurt (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); spurt (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); spurt (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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