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spurting

spurting is the present participle and gerund 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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Noun

spurting (plural spurtings)

  1. The act of something that spurts.
    • The seeds are apt to spurt in the formation; and these spurtings are rarely for the better […]1846, The British Florist: Or, Lady's Journal of Horticulture

Forms of spurting

pluralspurtings

Questions about spurting

What does spurting mean?
Spurting means the act of something that spurts.
What is spurting the present participle and gerund of?
Spurting is the present participle and gerund of spurt.
What part of speech is spurting?
Spurting is a noun.
What is the plural of spurting?
The plural of spurting is spurtings.

Words near spurting in the dictionary

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

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