English Explanatory Dictionary

spurt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
  2. To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
noun
  1. A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
  2. Ejaculation of semen.
  3. A shoot; a bud.
noun
  1. A moment, a short period of time.
  2. A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
  3. The act of spurting, or something spurted
verb
  1. To make a strong effort for a short period of time.

Pronunciation

spû(r)t /spɜːt/ spûrt /spɝt/ En-au-spurt.ogg

Word forms

spurt spurts spurting spurted spirt

Etymology

From earlier spirt, sprit (“to sprout”), from Middle English sprytten, from Old English spryttan, from Proto-West Germanic *spruttjan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).

Synonyms

spout instant jiffy bat of an eye bit blink of an eye crack eyeblink flash glimpse half a mo jiff jot minute mo moment New York minute New York second no time sec second span split-second spurt stound tick trice twink twinkle twinkling while

Derived words

bespurt outspurt spurtingly spurtive upspurt growth spurt
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