Spurt

Definition: Spurt

Spurt

Noun

1. The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid).

Verb

1. Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet of liquids.

2. Move with increasing speed.

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Date "spurt" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1798. (references)

Mining

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SPURT

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Synonyms: Spurt

Ejection

Verb: give exit, give vent to; let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out; dispatch, despatch; exhale, excern, excrete; embogue; secrete, secern; extravasate, shed, void, evacuation; emit; open the sluices, open the floodgates; turn on the tap; extrude, detrude; effuse, spend, expend; pour forth; squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop; perspire; (exude); breathe, blow; (wind).

Exertion

Noun: exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle, spell, spurt, spirt; stroke of work,Noun: exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle, spell, spurt, spirt; stroke of work, stitch of work.

Haste

Noun: haste, urgency; despatch, dispatch; acceleration, spurt, spirt, forced march, rush, dash; speed, velocity; precipitancy, precipitation, precipitousness; Adjective: impetuosity; brusquerie; hurry, drive, scramble, bustle, fuss, fidget, flurry, flutter, splutter.

Impulse

Noun: impulse, sudden thought; impromptu, improvisation; inspiration, flash, spurt.

River

Verb: flow, run; meander; gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue; drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle, trill, trickle, distill, percolate; stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash; guggle, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate; ooze, flow out. (egress).

Jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau; sluice.

Transientness

Noun: transience, transientness; Adjective: evanescence, impermanence, fugacity, caducity, mortality, span; nine days' wonder, bubble, Mayfly; spurt; flash in the pan; temporary arrangement, interregnum.

Velocity

Spurt, rush, dash, race, steeple chase; smart rate, lively rate, swift rate; Adjective: rattling rate, spanking rate, strapping rate, smart pace, lively pace, swift pace, rattling pace, spanking pace, strapping pace; round pace; flying, flight.

Crosswords: Spurt

Czech (burst, spurt), Dutch (acceleration), German (sprint, spurt), Icelandic (ASKING), Swedish (sprint, spurt).

Control yourself�"you'll spurt. (A Hard Day's Night; writing credit: Alun Owen)

No, no. We have already succeeded! I mean, what are the three terrors of the Fire Swamp? One, the flame spurt -- no problem (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman)

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Books

• An Economic Spurt That Failed: Four Lectures on Austrian Economic History (reference)

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The juice was dripping now, and every drop, as it fell in the fire, shot up a spurt of flame

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Health

Rising levels of testosterone and other sex hormones normally trigger the growth spurt that occurs during puberty and adolescence. (references)

This means that adolescents risk remaining short the remainder of their lives if they take anabolic steroids before the typical adolescent growth spurt. (references)

Economic History

Albania

The lack of housing under communism precipitated a major demand and a spurt in new housing construction. (references)

Czech Rep

The Czech Republic is experiencing a pre-accession growth spurt, hitting 2.9 percent growth in 2000 and expected 3 percent growth in 2001. The Czech Republic has the highest standard of living and per capita disposable income of any EU accession country. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "spurt": final spurt ♦ spurt grass ♦ spurt out. Additional references.

Albanian

vrull (Ardor, ardour, burst, career, dash, drive, driving force, elan, flush, furor, fury, ginger, impetuosity, impetus, momentum, pelt, pep, pith, raciness, rage, reach, spasm, tear, tearing, thrust, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, violence, zest, zip), rrymë (current, drift, effluent, jet, Niagara, nullah, onflow, outpour, rain, squirt, stream, thrashing-floor, threshing floor, tide, wave), gufon (boil, eject, erupt, expel, heave, spout, spring, vomit), curril (jet, spout, squirt, stream), çurg (flush, spout, spray, squirt). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فجر (aurora, beginning, blast, blow up, burst, dawn, detonate, dynamite, explode, let flow, morning, set off, shot out, spout, undermine), ‏نضح (asperse, aspersion, douche, exudation, exude, ooze, perfusion, pulverization, pulverize, spray, sprinkle, sweat, transpiration), ‏قام بجهد مفاجئ, ‏تفجر (burst, detonate, explode, fulminate, gush, outburst, well), ‏تدفق (affluence, afflux, bubble, discharge, drift, flow, flowing, fluency, flux, gush, inflow, influx, inrush, issue, jet, onrush, outbreak, outflow, outpouring, pour, roll, shoot, shoot up, slop, spirt, spout, stream, surge, throng), ‏سرعة (alacrity, blast, career, despatch, dispatch, expedition, gait, haste, hastiness, hurry, lick, pace, pizzazz, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, smartness, speed, swiftness, tilt, velocity), ‏عدا (besides, chase, course, forswear, heel, lope, pace, patter, run, scurry, scuttle, sprint), ‏جهد مفاجئ, ‏جهد (dint, effort, exert, exertion, labor, labour, overload, overstrain, overwork, pain, pressure, spirt, strain, stress, tension, worry), ‏إنطلق (career, dash, get away, go, lick, pull away, push off, scud, set out, shove off, split, spout, spring, start, start off, start out, take out, tee off, waft), ‏دفقة سائل. (various references)

Bulgarian 

силна струя (flush, gush, onrush, spirt, spout), шурвам, голяма скорост, напъвам се (tug), напън (burst, intensity, strain, thrust), бърз ход (double, lick, pelt, trot), бликвам (break forth, break out, burst, flush, spirt, spring, stream), порив на вятър (blast, gust, scud, spirt), изхвърлям (bounce, cast aside, cast away, detrude, discharge, dump, ejaculate, eject, excrete, expel, out, project, push out, put out, reject, relegate, sack, shoot out, spew, spill, spirt, throw, throw out, throw up, thrust forth, tip, turf out, vomit, whop), изблик (access, accession, burst, ebullience, ebulliency, ebullition, exuberance, flare, flash, flood, flush, gale, gust, outbreak, outburst, outcrop, outflow, passion, riot, rush, spasm, spate, spirt, surge, wave). (various references)

Chinese 

噴射 (jet), 喷射 (Jetted, jetting). (various references)

Czech

spurt (burst), vytrysknout (burst out, spurt out), vystříknout (slop), vyrazit (batter, break down, get off, imprint, set off, set out, smash down, smash in, stamp out, start, storm), vyšlehnutí, výtrysk (spirt), výbuch energie, utíkat (come running, run, scoot), hnát se (belt, career, hurtle, plunge, pursue, push on, race, rush, shift, shoot, tear along, urge). (various references)

Dutch

verspuiten (gush, spurt out), stuiven (gush, spurt out), opspatten (gush, spurt out). (various references)

Esperanto

ŝpruci (gush, spurt out). (various references)

Faeroese

spræna (gush, spurt out). (various references)

Farsi 

فوران کردن (Erupt, Geyser, Spout), فوران (Eruption, Gush, Jet, Outburst, Spout), کوشش ناگهانی وکوتاه , خروج ناگهانی , جهش کردن (Lunge, Rebound, Spout, Spring), جهش (Braid, Caper, Jump, Lunge, Mutation, Pounce, Startle, Vault), جنبش تندوناگهانی , جوانه زدن (Branch, Bud, Burgeon, Erupt, Germinate, Grain, Leaf, Nip, Peep, Ratoon, Shoot, Sprit, Sprout, Tiller). (various references)

Finnish

suihkuttaa (shower, spout, spray), suihkuta (spout), ruiskahtaa (spout, squirt), loppukiri, kiri. (various references)

French

jaillir (spout up, spray out, spurt out). (various references)

Frisian

sproeie (gush, spurt out). (various references)

German

spritzen (bespatter, dabble, gush, hose, inject, pipe, slosh, spatter, spit, splash, splash up, spout, spray, sprinkle, spurt out, sputter, squirt, syringe, syringes). (various references)

Greek 

ξεπετάγομαι (dart). (various references)

Hebrew 

מאמץ מו�'בר, לקלוח (jet, spout), לפרוץ לפתע, לזרום (flow, spout, stream, tide, well), ל�"פלט (be discharged, be ejected, be emitted, be vomited), ל�"�'ביר מ�"ירות (gun, soup up, speed up, step on it), פליט�" (ejection, emission, exhaust, retching, vomiting), זרם (course, current, downpour, flow, flux, influx, stream, tide, trend), �"תפרצות (blaze, burst, eruption, excitement, fit, outbreak, outburst, revolt, storm, surge), סילון (eaves, gutter, jet, jet plane, nappe, pipe, spout, squirt, stream). (various references)

Hungarian

kilövellés (ejaculation, ejection, gush, spirt, spouting, squish), sugár (bar, beam, glimmer, jet, radii, radio, radius, ray, stream, wireless), hirtelen kitörés (gust, sally), hajrá (finish, run-in). (various references)

Indonesian

muncrat, memuncrat. (various references)

Italian

spruzzare (dash, inject, slosh, spatter, spit, splash, spout, spray, sprinkle, squirt, wash), sprizzare (jet, shoot out, spray, squirt), sgorgare (extravasation, flow, gush, gush out, pour, spring), schizzo (dab, draft, shell, sketch, spatter, splash, squirt, stain), schizzare (adumbrate, bedabble, dabble, jet, jump, sketch, spatter, splash, splash up, splatter, spring, squirt), scaturire (derive, founts, gush, spring, stem), scatto (burst, click, dash, fit, flounce, impulse, latch, spirt, sprint, unit), scattare (be released, click, go off, lose one's temper, snap, spirt, spring, sprint, start, take), zampillo (gush, jet, spout, squirt), zampillare (burst, gush, spirt, spout, spring), getto (cast, casting, fling, flush, jet, putting, shoot, shy, spirt, spout, spray, sprout, throw). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

奮発 (strenuous exertion), スナック麺 (circlip, snack noodle, snake, snake dance, snakeskin, snap, snap ring, snapshot, snatch, sneak in, sneak out, sneak preview, sneaker, snob, snobbism, snooker, snoopy, snorkel, snow, snow boat, snow gun, snow mobile, snow surfing, snow tire, spark, spark plug, sparkling wine, sparring, sparring partner, spatula, sperm bank, spice, spider, spike, spike heel, spiked shoes, spiker, spiky cut, spiral, spy, studded snow tire). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふ�"ぱつ (strenuous exertion), スパート . (various references)

Korean 

분출 (jetting, squirting). (various references)

Manx

spreih (issue, issue of gas, spatter, splash, spray, sprinkle, sputter), sparchal (spark, splutter), skiootal (burst forth, burst forth of liquid, cascade, cascading, gush, jet, rush, spout, spouting, squirting), skioot (burst, gush, jet, rush of liquid, spout, squirt), grash (bout, bout of work, spell, turn, turn of work), farraneagh (abounding with springs, spring, squirt, squirting, watered), driss (haste, hurry, rush, scurry). (various references)

Pig Latin

urtspay.(various references)

Portuguese

minar (gush, honeycomb, mine, pool, spurt out, subvert, undermine), jorros, jorrar (flood, flush, gush, outpour, spout, spurt out), esguichar (douche, flush, gush, jet, spirt, spout, spurt out, swash), borbotar (gush, spurt out), arranco (impetus, impulse, jerk, lug, pull, sprint, start, tug, yank). (various references)

Romanian

spori (accrue, accumulate, advance, augment, enhance, enlarge, grow, heighten, improve, increase, intensify, make, multiply, propagate, step up, thicken), sãri (Bob, bounce, bound, break, caper, dance, dap, frolic, gambol, hop, jump, lark, leap, leave out, lop, lope, Miss, rebound, skip, spirt, splash, spout, spring, start), jet (douche, gush, gust, jet, spirt, squirt), izbucni (break forth, break out, burst, burst into, burst out, erupt, flare, fling, gush), face un efort de vitezã, efort de vitezã, efort brusc, creşte (accrue, advance, augment, be up, breed, bring, bring up, crop, cultivate, develop, draw out, educate, go up, grow, grow rife, heighten, increase, intensify, keep, make, Mount, multiply, nurse, nurture, produce, propagate, raise, rear, rise, school, spring, straggle, train, wax). (various references)

Russian 

сильная струя (forceful spray), рывок (burst of energy, dash, shoot, snatch, start, tug, yank), взрыв чувства, взрыв (agony, bang, blast, blowup, burst, detonation, eruption, explosion, gale, gust, outbreak, outburst, outbust, plosion), бить струей/ струя. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vrcati (gush, sparkle), napregnuti se (strain oneself), napregnuće, iznenadan porast, štrcati, špricati (squirt). (various references)

Spanish

hacer un esfuerzo supremo, esfuerzo supremo (maximum effort), borbotón (burble, gurgle, gush), acelerar (accelerate, activate, expedite, gun, hasten, hurry, hustle, open up, put on speed, quicken, Rev, speed up). (various references)

Swedish

spurt (sprint), spruta (injection, jab, shot, spout, spray, sprayer, stream, syringe). (various references)

Thai

โหมกำลัง, พ่นออก (spue out), พ่น (spray), การโหมกำลัง, การพุ่งออกมา. (various references)

Turkish

son bir çaba göstermek, olağanüstü çaba göstermek, olağanüstü çaba, hamle yapmak (attack, lunge), hamle (attack, blow, burst, dart, dash, drive, elan, lunge, move, onset, pounce, push, put, run up, scoop, scrum, scrummage), gayret (Ardor, ardour, assiduity, conation, effort, endeavor, endeavour, energy, enthusiasm, exertion, fervency, fervor, fervour, go, hastiness, industry, intentness, keenness, nerve, pep, push, sedulity, slog, snap, strenuousness, struggle, studiousness, tug, vim, zeal, zip), fışkırtmak (dash, ejaculate, jet, splutter, spout, squirt), fışkırmak (belch, blow, burst, ejaculate, erupt, flush, gush out, spout, squirt, well, well forth, well out, well up), fışkırma (emanation, eruption, gush, jet, outburst, spout, squirt), ani çıkış. (various references)

Turkmen 

zogdyrylmak (gush, rush out). (various references)

Ukrainian

стрибок (bounce, bound, caper, curvet, dive, gambade, gambado, gambol, hop, jump, leap, leaping, pounce, prance, saltation, skip, souse, spirt, spring), спурт (spirt), робити раптовий ривок (spirt), ривок (chuck, dart, dash, flounce, jerk, spirt, sprint, wrest, yank), ринути (outwell, spirt), несподівано підвищуватися (spirt). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự cố gắng nước rút, phọt ra, gắng sức (sock), gắng công bắn ra. (various references)

Welsh

sbonc (bound, jump), ysgothi (purge, squirt), ysboncio (bounce, jump, splash), tasgu (splash, start, task, tax). (various references)

saliens, salientis, salierunt, saliet, salietis, salis, salit, saltu, saltum, saltus, salvi. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "spurt": spurted, spurting, spurtle, spurtles, spurts. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Spurt" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asport, Espert, purt, purtt, scurt, seprut, shurt, skurt, slurt, spart, spert, sphur, spjut, Sporto, spruta, sprute, spuet, spuit, spura, spurg, spurm, spurr, supr, surt. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: turps.

-1 letter: purs, puts, rust, ruts, spur, tups.

-2 letters: pur, pus, put, rut, sup, tup, ups, uts.

-3 letters: up, us, ut.

+1 letter: erupts, purest, purist, sprout, spurts, stupor, trumps, upstir.

+2 letters: disrupt, hotspur, irrupts, pasture, petrous, posture, pouters, precuts, proteus, punster, punters, purists, pursuit, putters, reputes, spouter, sprouts, spurted, spurtle, sputter, startup, stirrup, stumper, stupors, subpart, sumpter, support, troupes, turnips, turnups, unstrap, updarts, uprates, uproots, upstair, upstare, upstart, upstirs, uptears, upturns.

+3 letters: apterous, captures, corrupts, crumpets, culprits, cuprites, cutpurse, disputer, disrupts, dropouts, dumpster, hotspurs, imputers, outcrops, outdrops, outports, outpours, outprays, outpress, outstrip, parquets, pastural, pastured, pasturer, pastures, permutes, perturbs, pictures, piecrust, plastrum, postburn, postdrug, postural, postured, posturer, postures, poulters, products, protiums, proudest, pruritus, pulsator, punsters, puristic, puritans, purities, purplest, purports, pursiest, pursuant, pursuits, pushcart, pustular, puttiers, pyritous, quipster, raptures, resculpt, resprout, roupiest, ruptures, sculptor, spatular, spectrum, splutter, sportful, spouters, sprouted, sprucest, spurting, spurtles, sputters, startups, stipular, stirrups, strumpet, stumpers, stumpier, stupider, subparts, sumpters, superhit, superhot, superjet, superset, supertax, supports, surprint, tempuras, thruputs, thumpers, trappous, triumphs, troupers, trumpets, turnspit, turpeths, unripest, unstraps, updaters, updrafts, uprights, upsetter, upstairs, upstared, upstares, upstarts, upstater, upstream, upstroke, upthrows, upthrust, uptrends, writeups.