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spurtled

spurtled is the simple past and past participle of spurtle.

Meaning of spurtle

Verb

spurtle (third-person singular simple present spurtles, present participle spurtling, simple past and past participle spurtled)

  1. To spurt, spatter or sputter; to spurt in a scattering manner.
    • Upon the head hee lent so violent a stroke,
      That the poore emptie skull, like some thin potsheard broke,
      The braines and mingled blood, were spertled on the wall1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 2 p. 29

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Questions about spurtled

What is spurtled the simple past and past participle of?
Spurtled is the simple past and past participle of spurtle.

Words near spurtled in the dictionary

  1. spurtingly
  2. spurtings
  3. spurtive
  4. spurtively
  5. spurtle
  6. spurtled
  7. spurtles
  8. spurtling
  9. spurts
  10. Spurway
  11. spurwheel

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