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spurt

Pronunciation: /spɜːt/

The English word “spurt” has 9 meanings listed here.

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.
  3. To make a strong effort for a short period of time.

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.
  4. A moment, a short period of time.
  5. A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
  6. The act of spurting, or something spurted

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”).

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