Spurt

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  • noun. A sudden forcible gush or jet.
  • noun. A sudden short burst, as of energy, activity, or growth.
  • intransitive verb. To gush forth suddenly in a jet.
  • intransitive verb. To make a brief intense effort or show a sudden increase in activity or speed.
  • intransitive verb. To force out in a sudden jet.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To sprout; shoot.
  • To gush or issue out suddenly in a stream, as liquor from a cask; rush with sudden force from a confined place in a small jet or stream.
  • To throw or force out in a jet or stream; squirt; as, to spurt water from the mouth; to spurt liquid from a tube.
  • To make a short, sudden, and exceptional effort; put forth one's utmost energy for a short time, especially in racing.
  • noun. A shoot; a sprout; a bud.
  • noun. A forcible gush of liquid from a confined place; a jet.
  • noun. A brief and sudden outbreak.
  • noun. A school of shad.
  • noun. A short, sudden, extraordinary effort for an emergency; a special exertion of one's self for a short distance or space of time, as in running, rowing, etc.: as, by a fine spurt he obtained the lead.
  • noun. A short period; a brief interval of time.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. 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.
  • intransitive verb. 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.
  • noun. A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A shoot; a bud.
  • noun. A sudden outbreak.
  • noun. a rush fit for basket work.
  • intransitive verb. To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
  • verb. To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
  • verb. To make a strong effort for a short period of time.
  • noun. A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
  • noun. Ejaculation of semen
  • noun. Any sudden but not prolonged action.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
  • verb. gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
  • noun. the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
  • Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    go  locomote  move  travel  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bert  Curt  Evert  Insert  Kurt  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blaze  eruption  flare  flicker  flurry  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    spurted  spurting  spurts