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Definition of 'spurt' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) spurt
to gush suddenly in a stream or jet.

2.  spurt
to show a sudden brief increase in activity.

3. (v.t.) spurt
to expel in a stream or jet; spout.

4. (n.) spurt
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.

5.  spurt
a marked increase of activity or effort for a short period or distance.

Etymology:  (1560–70; of obscure orig.)

Definition of 'spurt' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) jet, squirt, spurt, spirt
the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

2. (verb) spurt, spirt, gush, spout
gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
"water gushed forth"

3. (verb) forge, spurt, spirt
move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy


Definition of 'spurt' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) spurt
spur sb on
(of liquid) to come out in short bursts
blood spurting from the wound

2. (noun) spurt
a period of faster development
a growth spurt in the industry


Definition of 'spurt' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) spurt
a sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space

2. (verb) spurt
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

3. (verb) spurt
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

4. (verb) spurt
to make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency


Translation of 'spurt' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of a liquid) to spout or gush
Blood spurted from the wound.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: spuit Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَدَفَّق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: шурвам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: jorrar Czech flag Czech: stříkat German flag German: spritzen
Danish flag Danish: sprøjte Greek flag Greek: αναβλύζω ορμητικά Estonian flag Estonian: purskuma
Farsi flag Farsi: جاري شدن Finnish flag Finnish: purskahtaa French flag French: jaillir
Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִפרוֹץ Hindi flag Hindi: फुट निकालना, फुहारा छूटना Croatian flag Croatian: šiknuti, briznuti
Hungarian flag Hungarian: kilövell Indonesian flag Indonesian: menyembur Icelandic flag Icelandic: gusa(st), sprauta(st)
Italian flag Italian: sprizzare, sgorgare Japanese flag Japanese: ほとばしる Korean flag Korean: (액체 등이) 분출하다
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (iš)trykšti Latvian flag Latvian: []šļākties Malay flag Malay: menyembur
Dutch flag Dutch: spuiten Norwegian flag Norwegian: sprute, stråle Polish flag Polish: tryskać
Portuguese flag Portuguese: jorrar Romanian flag Romanian: aţâşni Russian flag Russian: хлынуть
Slovak flag Slovak: striekať Slovenian flag Slovenian: brizgati Serbian flag Serbian: šikljati
Swedish flag Swedish: spruta Thai flag Thai: พ่น; พุ่ง Turkish flag Turkish: fışkırmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 噴出 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: бити струменем Urdu flag Urdu: دھارے یا فوارے کی شکل میں
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: phun, bắn vọt Chinese flag Chinese: 喷出

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