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Definition: Spur |
SpurNoun1. A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves". 2. Any pointed projection. 3. Tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers. 4. A sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward; "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on". 5. A railway line connected to a trunk line. Verb1. Incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research". 2. Give heart or courage to. 3. Strike with a spur. 4. Goad with spurs, as of horses when riding. 5. Equip with spurs: "spur horses". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spur" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Note: Spur \Spur\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Spurred; Spurring.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | SPUR An early system on the IBM 650. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1994-12-01). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Building & Civil Engineering | A rather short groyne. Source: European Union. (references) |
| In river training, a construction built out from the bank so as to control the strength and direction of the current. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of wearing spurs, denotes that you will engage in some unpleasant controversy. To see others with them on, foretells that enmity is working you trouble. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Electrical Engineering | A prefabricated member fixed in the ground to support a wooden pole clear of all contact with the ground. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An electric line connected to a main line at a point on its route. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | A stiff sharp spine on the wings or legs of a bird(e. g. a cock). Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | Refractory tetrahedron with concave faces and very sharp points. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A brace or prop. See also:sprag b. A small vein branching from a main one c. A rock ridge projecting from a sidewall after inadequate blasting d. A relatively short and small vein of quartz that cuts across the bedding, in contrast to a saddle reef that more or less follows thebedding. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Spur is a city located in Dickens County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,088.Geography
Spur is located at 33°28'40" North, 100°51'25" West (33.477650, -100.857018)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.2 km² (1.6 mi²). 4.2 km² (1.6 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,088 people, 472 households, and 288 families residing in the city. The population density is 259.3/km² (673.4/mi²). There are 641 housing units at an average density of 152.8/km² (396.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 72.52% White, 3.40% African American, 0.83% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.37% Pacific Islander, 21.14% from other races, and 1.56% from two or more races. 31.25% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 472 households out of which 22.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.5% are married couples living together, 10.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 38.8% are non-families. 37.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 20.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.22 and the average family size is 2.89. In the city the population is spread out with 22.9% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 25.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 44 years. For every 100 females there are 83.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.0 males. The median income for a household in the city is $24,286, and the median income for a family is $32,772. Males have a median income of $25,972 versus $18,631 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,601. 19.8% of the population and 16.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 24.8% are under the age of 18 and 21.7% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Spur, Texas."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SPUR | English | Strategy Performance and Utilization of Resources | Economics |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SpurSynonyms: branch line (n), gad (n), goading (n), prod (n), prodding (n), spine (n), spur track (n), spurring (n), urging (n), goad (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Convexity | Hill; (height); cape, promontory, mull; forehead, foreland; point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur; naze, ness. |
Earliness | Suddenly; (instantaneously); before one can say "Jack Robinson", at short notice, extempore; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion; at once; on the spot, on the instant; at sight; offhand, out of hand; a' vue d'oeil; straight, straightway, straightforth; forthwith, incontinently, summarily, immediately, briefly, shortly, quickly, speedily, apace, before the ink is dry, almost immediately, presently at the first opportunity, in no long time, by and by, in a while, directly. |
Impulse | Adverb: extempore, extemporaneously; offhand, impromptu, a limproviste; improviso; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion. |
Instantaneity | Adverb: instantaneously; Adjective: in no time, in less than no time; presto, subito, instanter, suddenly, at a stroke, like a shot; in a moment; n. in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice; in one's tracks; right away; toute a l'heure; at one jump, in the same breath, per saltum, uno saltu; at once, all at once; plump, slap; "at one fell swoop"; at the same instant; Noun: immediately; (early); extempore, on the moment, on the spot, on the spur of the moment; no sooner said than done; just then; slap-dash; (haste). |
Motive | Incentive, stimulus, spur, fillip, whip, goad, ankus, rowel, provocative, whet, dram. |
Enforce, force; impel; (push); propel; whip, lash, goad, spur, prick, urge; egg on, hound, hurry on; drag; exhort; advise; call upon; press; (request); advocate. | |
Occasion | By the way, by the by; en passant, a propos; pro re nata, pro hac vice; par parenthese, parenthetically, by way of parenthesis, incidentally; while speaking of, while on the subject; extempore; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion; on the spot; (early). |
Sharpness | Point, spike, spine, spicule, spiculum; needle, hypodermic needle, tack, nail, pin; prick, prickle; spur, rowel, barb; spit, cusp; horn, antler; snag; tag thorn, bristle; Adam's needle, bear grass, tine, yucca. |
The Present Time | At this time of day, today, nowadays; already; even now, but now, just now; on the present occasion; for the time being, for the nonce; pro hac vice.; on the nail, on the spot; on the spur of the moment, until now; to this day, to the present day. |
Velocity | Under press of sail, under press of canvas, under press of sail and steam; velis et remis, on eagle's wing, in double quick time; with rapid strides, with giant strides; a pas de geant; in seven league boots; whip and spur; ventre a terre; as fast as one's legs will carry one, as fast as one's heels will carry one; as fast as one can lay legs to the ground, at the top of one;s speed; by leaps and bounds; with haste. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Spur |
| English words defined with "spur": Addendum circle ♦ Calcar, Calcarated, Counterfort ♦ Ecaudate, encourage, Epicyclic train ♦ Gablock, Gaffle ♦ Hooke's gearing, horned violet ♦ long-spurred violet ♦ maori hen ♦ on the spur of the moment ♦ rowel ♦ Spiral gear, Spiral wheel, spur gear, Spur gearing, spur wheel, Spurgall, Spurred, Spurred corolla, Spur-royal, Spur-shell, Spur-winged goose, Spur-winged plover, suddenly ♦ tufted pansy ♦ Upon the gad ♦ Viola cornuta, Viola rostrata ♦ weka, wood hen. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spur": cone of gears ♦ faceted spur, Fuchs spur ♦ GCC, gear cone, Gemmagog, Gergesa ♦ HORSE TRAINER, Horse-milliner ♦ IBM 650 ♦ Johnstone ♦ KNIFE SETTER ♦ Ripon ♦ Shear-Speed, ship auger, Spur Money ♦ Trickle-down effect, truncated spur ♦ Wing, Wings. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "spur": talon. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Spur" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (clue, Gage, gauge, grain, hint, Lane, ounce, particle, print, rut, savor, savour, scrap, shade, shadow, shred, sign, skidmarks, smack, soupcon, spoor, sprinkling, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taint, tinge, touch, trace, track, tracking, trail, vestige, whiff). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Polizeiruf 110 - Verbrannte Spur (1972) Dem Täter auf der Spur - In Schönheit sterben (1972) Und der Regen verwischt jede Spur (1972) Dem Täter auf der Spur - Frau gesucht... (1970) Hot Spur (1968) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Beginning a spur line into Mokuaweoweo Crater Leveling in support of gravity operations on Mauna Loa Party of Lansing Simmons. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | A sand corridor between the spur and groove formation of the reef. The restoration effort focused on keeping coral fragments off the reef floor and out of the sand corridors where they would become abraded and scoured. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Tuckerman's Ravine from Boot's Spur, Mt. Washington, White Mts., N.H. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Farmers in town, Spur, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Farmers sitting against wall and squatting on sidewalk, Spur, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Franklin County Coal Company mine number five. Freeman Spur, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Field gun put up on the "green" to spur on volunteering for the army. Bristol, Vermont. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Tightening cinch on saddle on cow pony. SMS Ranch, Spur, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Detail of cowboy's boot and spur in stirrup, at rodeo. Ashland, Montana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Silver spur. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Charles Caleb Colton | Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. |
David Hume | Avarice, the spur of industry. |
Francis Quarles | Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. |
George Chapman | Danger, the spur of all great minds. |
Jonathan Swift | Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint. |
Sir Henry Taylor | The hope, and not the fact, of advancement, is the spur to industry. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I described, as well as I could, our way of riding, the shape and use of a bridle, a saddle, a spur, and a whip, of harness and wheels |
Macbeth | William Shakespeare | I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, and falls on the other |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Added knowledge about the effectiveness of treatment should spur studies of cost effectiveness of diagnostic methods and therapies. (references) | |
Nonetheless, the California study and others have provided enough evidence in favor of estrogen to spur much larger population studies of postmenopausal estrogen therapy and its possible preventive effect on Alzheimer's. (references) | ||
Business | Three factors will spur the development of value-added services in Bulgaria. (references) | |
This project is a governmental priority in order to spur regional economic development. (references) | ||
These investments will spur the demand for both residential and institutional water heaters. (references) | ||
Economic History | China | China's likely accession to the WTO in 2001/2002 will further spur growth. (references) |
Vietnam | Rural industrial development would spur growth and soak up the excess labor. (references) | |
Taiwan | Additionally, a new e-government project will continue to spur hardware demand. (references) | |
Political Economy | France | Efforts to implement a reduction of work time from 39 to 35 hours a week as a spur to create jobs are ongoing. (references) |
RUSSIA | Continued high commodity prices spur this growth, but increased private consumption and investment also contribute. (references) | |
MALAYSIA | To spur exports, 70 percent of the increased export earnings by international trading companies has been exempted from taxes. (references) | |
Trade | Bulgaria | Bulgaria became a member of the World Trade Organization in December 1996. This will spur greater market liberalization following a transition period. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Jeffrey Madrick, an author and columnist, is quoted as saying that tax cuts aimed at the wealthy might do little to spur growth because higher income people might be likely to stash the money away in a savings account. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The Corporation is designed to spur the development of commercial technologies for production of synthetic fuels, such as liquid and gaseous fuels from coal and the production of oil from oil shale. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Your valiant struggle for France did so much to cripple the enemy and spur the advance of the armies of liberation. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | So tonight, I propose a new clean air fund to help communities reduce pollution, and tax incentives and investments to spur clean energy technologies. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Spur" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.82% of the time. "Spur" is used about 448 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.82% | 380 | 14,447 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 13.17% | 59 | 44,010 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.34% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.67% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 448 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Spur, TX (city, FIPS 69848) |
Expressions using "spur": downstream inclined spur ♦ Freeman Spur ♦ Fuchs spur ♦ gabion spur ♦ need the spur ♦ off spur ♦ on the spur of the moment ♦ on the spur of the occasion ♦ prick with a spur ♦ spur a willing horse ♦ spur blight ♦ spur canker ♦ spur dike ♦ spur fowl ♦ spur gear ♦ spur gearing ♦ spur gears ♦ spur on ♦ spur pepper ♦ spur smb. on ♦ spur track ♦ spur wheel ♦ spur winged ♦ Tibial spur ♦ tree spur ♦ whip and spur. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "spur": spur-of-the-moment, spur-ofthe-moment, spur-pruned, spur-rial, Spur-royal, spur-ryal, Spur-shell, spur-thighed, Spur-winged, Spur-winged goose, Spur-winged plover. | |
Ending with "spur": cross-spur, FLIP-SPUR, long-spur, mountain-spur. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
san antonio spur | 3,811 | spur basketball | 56 |
the spur | 2,630 | bone spur heel | 55 |
heel spur | 1,293 | cowboy spur | 53 |
bone spur | 997 | net spur | 49 |
ticket to the spur | 399 | bone spur foot | 47 |
spur wallpaper | 132 | spur gear | 46 |
ticket to the san antonio spur | 116 | san antonio spur merchandise | 46 |
san antonio spur wallpaper | 104 | heel spur treatment | 43 |
spur jersey | 104 | bone spur shoulder | 43 |
spur gears | 90 | silver spur | 43 |
san antonio spur picture | 83 | spur texas | 43 |
picture spur | 79 | spur merchandise | 40 |
spur logo | 77 | western spur | 39 |
sa spur | 75 | boot spur | 37 |
san antonio spur jersey | 73 | screensaver spur | 35 |
foot spur | 72 | parker spur tony | 33 |
heal spur | 69 | photo spur | 33 |
nba spur | 66 | neck bone spur | 31 |
san antonio spur logo | 66 | antonio san shirt spur t | 30 |
net vs spur | 65 | dancer silver spur | 28 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "spur"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shpoj me mamuze, mamuze, degëzim (arm, bifurcation, branch, derivation, embranchment, feeder, fork, furcation, prong, rame, ramification), çapua (nail, talon). (various references) | |
Arabic | حض (exhortation, poke, prompt, prompting), دفع (actuate, anticipate, bleed, boost, carry, crowd, dig, disburse, drive, eject, encourage, flog, galvanize, give, impulse, instigate, jog, jostle, motivate, nuzzle, pay, pay down, payment, plank, press, prompt, propel, propulsion, push, remit, render up, repulsion, roll, rouse, shove, sweep, thrust, thrusting, waft, wheel), شجع (animate, cheer, comfort, countenance, cultivate, embolden, encourage, feed, fortify, foster, hearten, inspirit, instigation, invite, nerve, promote, root, support), شوكة (backbone, barb, fang, goad, pricket, prickle, spine, thorn), شىء كالمهماز, رعن جبلي, ثبت إمكانياته, دعامة عمود أو حصن, حث (actuate, admonish, debriefing, dub, encourage, encouragement, goad, gun, hurry, impel, incitation, incite, induce, induce to speak, inducement, interest, motivate, motivation, motive, persuade, precipitate, press, prod, prompt, prompting, propel, provocation, provoke, push on, recommend, rouse, solicit, solicitation, stimulate, stimulation, stir, tempt), مهماز (goad, prod), حفز (catalyze, stimulate), نتوء (bulge, bump, bunch, cusp, facet, jut, knob, ledge, lump, nub, projection, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, salience, salient, shell, snag, stick, stick up), نتوء صخري (hip), نكز, همز (goad, prod), مرفأ (anchorage, haven, mole, port, seaport), منخس (goad), تشجيع (comforting, countenance, encouragement, inducement, pep talk, reassurance). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | стимул (brace, goad, impetus, impulse, inducement, oestrum, oestrus, propulsion, push, relish, savor, savour, stimulant, stimulus), яздя бързо, слагам шпори на, тънък израстък на някоя част, шпора (heel), шип (barb, calk, ferrule, journal, nib, prick, prickle, rough, spine, thorn), остър израстък на някоя част, препускам (course, fly, hump, race, rip, scurry, tantivy), пришпорвам (prick, rowel, urge on), подтиквам (actuate, fillip, goad, help forward, hypo, impel, incite, inspire, invigorate, invite, move, prod, prompt, provoke, resolve, stir up, urge on), подтик (drive, fillip, goad, hypo, impulse, incentive, inducement, prompting, propulsion, push, relish, sanction, stimulus, urge, whet), подбуда (impulse, incentive, inducement, inspiration, motion, motive, persuasive, prod, prompting, sanction, spring, stimulus), издадена скала, издаден хребет. (various references) | |
Chinese | 踢马刺. (various references) | |
Czech | výbìžek (spit), urychlit (accelerate, expedite, forward, hurry, hurry along, speed, speed up), pobízet (cheer, put up, underbid, urge, urge on), pobídnout ostruhami, pobídka (encouragement, goad, incentive, inducement), ostruha, osten (prick, prickle, quill, Spike, spine, sting, thorn), nabádat (admonish, encourage, exhort, impel, instigate, urge). (various references) | |
Danish | støtte (lean, support, sustain), sporetype, spore (calcar, inking, spore, spores, stake), sideledning (branch line), mole (breakwater, dyke, embankment, groin, groyne, jetty, landing stage, mole, pier, piled fendering, sea wall, staging, timber staging, wharf), knastkrans (studded ring), knaster (projections), hoefde (groin, groyne), fremspring (bracket, bulge, cantilevered beam, corbel, nose, outgrowth, prominence, protuberance, tubercle), enkeltfødeledning (single feeder), calcar, afgreningsledning (branch line), 1-etages floej, ,spore. (various references) | |
Dutch | spoor (imprint, print, railroad, railway, trace, track, trail), prikkelen (abet, agitate, excite, incite, provoke, rouse, stimulate, stir up), de sporen geven (incite, rouse, stimulate, stir up). (various references) | |
Esperanto | sprono, sproni (incite, rouse, stimulate, stir up). (various references) | |
Faeroese | spori, hekil, grókorn, eggjan. (various references) | |
Farsi | مهمیززدن , مهمیز (Goad), سیخ (Broach, Erect, Gad, Goad, Grid, Ramrod, Stiff, Wooden). (various references) | |
Finnish | kannus. (various references) | |
French | inciter (spur on), ergot (spigot), éperon. (various references) | |
Frisian | oanwakkerje (abet, encourage, impel, instigate, spur on, stimulate, urge), oantrune (abet, encourage, impel, instigate, rouse, spur on, stimulate, stir up, urge), oantrúnje (abet, encourage, impel, instigate, rouse, spur on, stimulate, stir up, urge), oanhysje (abet, cheer, encourage, excite, fire, impel, incite, inspire, instigate, provoke, rouse, spur on, stimulate, stir up, urge), oanfjurje (abet, cheer, encourage, fire, impel, inspire, instigate, rouse, spur on, stimulate, stir up, urge), oanfiterje (abet, cheer, encourage, fire, impel, inspire, instigate, rouse, spur on, stimulate, stir up, urge). (various references) | |
German | Sporn (ram, tail skid, tail wheel, trail spade), Ansporn (fillip, goad, incentive, incitement, inducement, prod, stimulant, stimulation), anspornen (abet, cheer on, encourage, impel, incite, instigate, prod, spur on, stimulate, to incite, to spur, urge). (various references) | |
Greek | σπιρούνι (rower), παρακινώ (abet, actuate, egg on, exhort, impel, incite, induce, motivate, prod, prompt, stimulate, urge). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מר"ע (goad), מ יע (cause, impulse, motivation, motive, motor, stimulus), ל"מריץ (drive, encourage, goad, hearten, impel, instigate, spirit, stimulate, stir up, tone up, urge), ל"""יר (cause to gallop), ל"רבן (egg on, goad, prod, stimulate, sting, stir up, urge), תמריץ (encouragement, fillip, impetus, incentive, inducement, stimulant), "רבן (goad, prick, sting). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sarkantyú (bleeders, breakwater, gaff, heel), nyúlvány (foothills, offshoot, projection, tongue), kiszögellés (break, jet, jut, nose, projection, salience, salient, salient angle, toe), ösztönzés (fillip, fomentation, impetus, impulse, incentive, incitement, instigation, motivation, prompting, stimulation, urge), ösztökélés (prompting, stimulation). (various references) | |
Indonesian | taji (cockspur, fleam, gaff), menggertakkan (gnash, intimidate), menggertak (bluff, bluster, browbeat, buffalo, bully, goash, snap at, snarl, threaten), memacu, cangkir (cup, small mug). (various references) | |
Italian | sprone (stimulant, yoke), sperone (buttress, heel). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 拍車 , "脈 (branch, feed), 尾 (ridge), 分岐線 (branch line). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おね (ridge), しみゃく (branch, exhaustedvein, feed, weakening pulse), ぶ"きせ" (branch line), はくしゃ (loam, small consideration, white sand). (various references) | |
Korean | 박차. (various references) | |
Manx | spuir (claw, dew-claw), jialg vrasnee, cur spuirryn er, cur ny spuirryn da, crouw-linney (branchline), brod (goad, jab, nudge, prick, stimulus), brasney (gall, incense, smash), brasnaghey (affront, aggravation, bait, incense, incite, irritate; incitement, provocation, rev, to provoke). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | urspay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | esporear (incite, rouse, stimulate, stir up), espora (larkspur), espigão (agnail, capstone, crest, gable, gardenbed, pier, pintle, plug, rough, spike), aguilhão. (various references) | |
Romanian | stimulent (cordial, drive, fillip, impetus, impulse, incentive, pick me up, stimulant, stimulus, whet), stimula (abet, activate, actuate, brace, cheer, develop, dynamize, elate, Energize, enliven, excite, fillip, fire, gladden, goad, hop, incite, inspire, irritate, lash, motive, needle, pander to, pep, pep up, prick, prompt, propel, provoke, push, quicken, rouse, sharpen, stimulate, stir up, tickle, urge, whet), se grãbi (bucket, bundle, fly, gallop, get jerk, hasten, hurry, make haste, rush, speed, whisk along), grãbi (accelerate, anticipate, bustle, expedite, force, forward, hasten, hurry, hustle, mend one's pace, precipitate, press, push, push on, quicken, rush, smarten up, speed, wing), îndemna (advise, charge, court, egg, exhort, goad, hunch, impel, incite, induce, needle, prick, prod, prompt, punch, push, rouse, set smb. doing smth., spank, stimulate, urge), ac (goad, needle, pinnacle, spindle, sting, style, switch), arc de sprijin, da pinteni (incite, pinch), dinte (claw, cog, Dent, Fang, jag, prong, tooth, tusk), îmboldi (actuate, goad, hound on, hurry, impel, press, prompt, stimulate, urge into), ghearã (claw, Fang, grapnel, jaw, pounce, talon, ungula), zori (bustle, cock crow, crowd, daybreak, daylight, dayspring, hasten, hurry, hustle, morning, press, quicken, reveille, rush, spur on, urge), impuls (drive, fillip, gadfly, impetus, impulse, impulsion, momentum, motion, stimulus, swing, urge), pinten (armature, Cutwater, pastern, ram), ramificaţie (bend, branch, offshoot, ramification, split, tap), echiu. (various references) | |
Russian | стимул (incentive, incitement, inducement, shot in the arm, stimuli, stimulus), уступ (batter, bench, echelon, shelf, shoulder, stagger, step), шпора (grouser), пришпоривать (rowel), побуждать стимул. (various references) | |
Scottish | speir (claw, hoof, hoof or ham of cattle, the hough of a beast). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | podupirač (brace, bracket, buttress, shore, stanchion, stay, strut, support, truss, underlay), podsticati (pander to, prod, urge), podsticaj (abetment, fillip, goad, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incentive, prod, stimulus, whet), ogranak (branch, offset, offshoot), obosti (dig into), mamuznuti, mamuza. (various references) | |
Spanish | espolear (abet, encourage, impel, incite, instigate, prick, rouse, spur on, stimulate, stir up, urge), espuela (feminine charm, last drink), espolón (beak, chilblain, fetlock, fetterlock, promenade, ram, sea wall, stem). (various references) | |
Swedish | sporre (fillip, goad, incentive, inducement), sporra (fillip, goad, impel, incite, work up). (various references) | |
Thai | เ"ือยไก่, เ"ือยสวมที่ส้นรองเท้า, สิ่งกระตุ้น (incentive), กระตุ้น (arouse, awake, awaken, egg on, energize, fuel, goad, goad into, goad on, lash, make, move, push, quicken), กิ่งไม้สั้นๆ, ทิวเขาที่ยื่นแหลมออกมา, ห้อตะบึง. (various references) | |
Turkish | teşvik etmek (abet, cheer, cheer on, countenance, draw, egg, egg on, embolden, encourage, fillip, Foster, ginger, ginger up, give a fillip to, give countenance to, goad, goad on, incite, induce, inspirit, instigate, keep smb. in countenance, lend countenance to, lend wings to, prod, prompt, put a premium on, put smb. on his mettle, revitalize, set on, sharpen, spark, spoonfeed, spur smb. on, stimulate, stir up, tickle up, urge), payanda (buttress, pier, pillar, pit prop, plank, prop, shore, standard, stock, strut, support), meyve veren kısa dal, mahmuzlamak (dig, rowel, toss off), mahmuzla vurmak, mahmuz takmak, mahmuz (bumper, rowel), güdü (drive, go, impetus, incentive, motivation, motive, numen), destek (aid, anchorage, assistance, backing, backup, bolster, booster, brace, bracer, bracket, buttress, contribution, cooperation, corbel, countenance, crutch, endorsement, friend, indorsement, mounting, pillar, pit prop, prop, reinforcement, relief, rest, rider, second, shore, shot, sponsorship, staff, stake, stanchion, stand by, stay, stiffening, strut, support, supporter, supporting, sustenance, truss, underlay, upholder), dehlemek, dağ kolu, dürtmek (dig, edge on, ginger, ginger up, goad, hustle, incite, jab, jog, jolt, nudge, poke, prod, shove, spur smb. on, thrust), dürtü (challenge, compulsion, drive, ginger, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incentive, motivation, motive, stimulation, urge), cumba (alcove, bay window, bow window, Oriel, oriel window), çıkıntı (bulge, foreland, jut, ledge, offset, outgrowth, overhang, process, projection, prominence, promontory, protrusion, protuberance, raise, ridge, salience, saliency, style, stylus, tab). (various references) | |
Turkmen | debsilmek. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | стимул (goad, incentive, incitement, inducement, oestrus, stimulus, whet), спонукати (abet, actuate, cause, excite, impel, impulse, induce, motivate, motive, prick, prod, prompt, provoke, push on, rouse, set off, urge), шпора (armature, heel), вершина (altitude, apex, nab, pinnacle, sublime, summit, superlative, vertex), пришпорювати (prick). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự khuyến khích (incentive, stimulation), sự khích lệ uể oải. (various references) | |
Welsh | symbylu (goad, stimulate), ysbarduno, ysbardun (accelerator), gotoyw. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | calcar, calcar, -is, concitant, concitantem, concitantur, concitasti, concitat, concitata, concitate, concitati, concitatus, concitaverit, concitaverunt, concitavit, concitetur, concito, incito. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spur": spurgall, spurgalled, spurgalling, spurgalls, spurge, spurges, spurious, spuriously, spuriousness, spuriousnesses, spurn, spurned, spurner, spurners, spurning, spurns, spurred, spurrer, spurrers, spurrey, spurreys, spurrier, spurriers, spurries, spurring, spurry, spurs, spurt, spurted, spurting, spurtle, spurtles, spurts. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "spur": cockspur, hotspur, larkspur, longspur, sandspur. (additional references) | |
Words containing "spur": cockspurs, hotspurs, larkspurs, longspurs, sandspurs. (additional references) | |
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"Spur" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eppur, esper, espoir, psor, Sepuh, seur, Sgur, sjur, sparr, sphur, spir, spjut, spoir, spor, spour, spqr, spr, spub, spug, spum, spup, spura, spure, spurg, spurm, spurr, sturr, supr, supu, surp, surr, swur. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "spur" (pronounced sper") |
| 2 | -p er" | per, pur, purr. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: purs. | |
| Words within the letters "p-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: pur, pus, sup, ups. | |
-2 letters: up, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "p-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: burps, pours, praus, puris, purls, purrs, purse, pursy, roups, rumps, sirup, slurp, sprue, sprug, spurn, spurs, spurt, super, supra, syrup, turps, usurp. | |
+2 letters: carpus, corpus, croups, crumps, cyprus, drupes, dupers, erupts, frumps, groups, grumps, pareus, parous, pauser, perdus, peruse, porous, poseur, prahus, primus, prudes, prunes, prunus, pulers, pulsar, pulser, purdas, purees, purest, purges, purins, purism, purist, pursed, purser, purses, pursue, pusher, rumpus, rupees, sapour, sirups, sirupy, slurps, sprout, spruce, sprucy, sprues, sprugs, sprung, spurge, spurns, spurry, spurts, stupor, subpar, superb, supers, supper, syrups, syrupy, trumps, unrips, uppers, uprise, uprose, uprush, upsoar, upstir, usurps. | |
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