'Spurt' definitions:
Definition of 'spurt'
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Definition of 'Spurt'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Spurt'
From: GCIDE
- Spurt \Spurt\ (sp[^u]rt), v. i. [Written also spirt, and originally the same word as sprit; OE. sprutten to sprout, AS. spryttan. See Sprit, v. i., Sprout, v. i.] To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt. [1913 Webster]
- Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Spurt'
From: GCIDE
- Spurt \Spurt\, v. t. To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Spurt'
From: GCIDE
- Spurt \Spurt\, n.
- 1. A sudden or violent ejection or gushing of a liquid, as of water from a tube, orifice, or other confined place, or of blood from a wound; a jet; a spirt. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A shoot; a bud. [Obs.] --Holland. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy. [1913 Webster]
- Spurt grass (Bot.), a rush fit for basket work. --Dr. Prior. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Spurt'
From: GCIDE
- Spurt \Spurt\ (sp[^u]rt), n. [Cf. Icel. sprettr a spurt, spring, run, spretta to spirt, spring.] A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space. [1913 Webster]
- The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt. --T. Hughes. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'spurt'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a breath,
- acceleration,
- access,
- ado,
- advance,
- agitation,
- anabasis,
- ascension,
- ascent,
- belch,
- bit,
- blow out,
- blowout,
- bob up,
- bother,
- botheration,
- break water,
- bundle,
- burst,
- burst of speed,
- bustle,
- canter,
- cascade,
- cast forth,
- chase,
- clamber,
- climb,
- climbing,
- commotion,
- crowd,
- dart ahead,
- dash,
- dash ahead,
- dash off,
- dash on,
- dead run,
- debouch,
- debouchment,
- decant,
- discharge,
- disembogue,
- disgorge,
- disgorgement,
- dissiliency,
- dogtrot,
- double-time,
- drain,
- drain out,
- effort,
- ejaculate,
- ejaculation,
- elevation,
- emission,
- empty,
- eruct,
- eructation,
- erupt,
- eruption,
- escalade,
- exhaust,
- expel,
- expulsion,
- extravasate,
- extravasation,
- feery-fary,
- ferment,
- festinate,
- fidgetiness,
- find vent,
- fit,
- flank speed,
- flap,
- flare-up,
- flat-out speed,
- float up,
- flow,
- flow out,
- flurry,
- flush,
- fluster,
- flutter,
- flutteriness,
- fly up,
- font,
- forced draft,
- fount,
- fountain,
- full gallop,
- fuss,
- fussiness,
- gallop,
- get going,
- get moving,
- geyser,
- gush,
- gush out,
- gyring up,
- hand gallop,
- hasten,
- headlong rush,
- heavy right foot,
- high lope,
- hubbub,
- hullabaloo,
- hurry,
- hurry on,
- hurry through,
- hurry up,
- hurry-scurry,
- hustle,
- improvement,
- increase,
- instant,
- interval,
- jet,
- jog trot,
- jump,
- jump up,
- leap,
- leap up,
- levitation,
- little,
- little bit,
- little while,
- lope,
- lose no time,
- maelstrom,
- make a dash,
- make a spurt,
- make haste,
- maximum speed,
- moment,
- mount,
- mounting,
- move quickly,
- no time,
- open throttle,
- outbreak,
- outburst,
- outflow,
- outpour,
- pair of winks,
- play,
- plunge,
- pop up,
- post,
- pother,
- pour,
- pour forth,
- pour out,
- press on,
- push on,
- race,
- rapids,
- restlessness,
- rise,
- rising,
- rocket,
- rocketing up,
- run,
- run out,
- rush,
- rush ahead,
- rush through,
- saltation,
- scamper,
- scramble,
- scud,
- scurry,
- scuttle,
- send forth,
- send out,
- shoot,
- shoot ahead,
- shoot up,
- shooting up,
- short spell,
- short time,
- skyrocket,
- sluice out,
- small space,
- soaring,
- span,
- spasm,
- spate,
- spell,
- spew,
- spew out,
- spit,
- spout,
- spout out,
- spouter,
- spray,
- spring,
- spring up,
- sprint,
- sprit,
- spritz,
- spurtle,
- squirt,
- start up,
- stew,
- stir,
- surface,
- surge,
- sweat,
- swirl,
- takeoff,
- taking off,
- tear,
- throw out,
- to-do,
- torrent,
- trot,
- tumult,
- two shakes,
- unquiet,
- upclimb,
- upcoming,
- updraft,
- upgang,
- upgo,
- upgoing,
- upgrade,
- upgrowth,
- uphill,
- upleap,
- uplift,
- upping,
- uprisal,
- uprise,
- uprising,
- uprush,
- upshoot,
- upslope,
- upspear,
- upspring,
- upstart,
- upsurge,
- upsurgence,
- upsweep,
- upswing,
- vault,
- vault up,
- volcan,
- vomit,
- vomit forth,
- vomit out,
- vortex,
- well,
- well out,
- whirl,
- wide-open speed,
- zooming