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spurtling

spurtling is the present participle and gerund 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 spurtling

What is spurtling the present participle and gerund of?
Spurtling is the present participle and gerund of spurtle.

Words near spurtling in the dictionary

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

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