spurt

Earlier spirt or sprit, "sprout", from Middle English sprutten, from Old English spryttan, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t

spurt (third-person singular simple present spurts, present participle spurting, simple past and past participle spurted)

1. (transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
2. (intransitive) To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
   • Alexander Pope

     Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, / Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock.

   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21

     With that he pulled open his shirt, and with his long sharp nails opened a vein in his breast. When the blood began to spurt out, he took my hands in one of his, holding them tight, and with the other seized my neck and pressed my mouth to the wound, so that I must either suffocate or swallow some to the . . . Oh, my God! My God! What have I done?

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

   The bullion market spurted on Thursday.

   The runners spurted to the last lap as if they had extracted new energy from the applauds of the audience.

• spirt
• spout

spurt (plural spurts)

1. A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.

   a spurt of water; a spurt of blood

2. A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.

   The boss's visit prompted a brief spurt of activity.

   • T. Hughes

     The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt.

3. (slang) Ejaculation of semen. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. (obsolete) A shoot; a bud.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)

• growth spurt

• turps

From English spurt.

• IPA^(key): /spuːrt/, [sb̥uɐ̯ˀd̥]

spurt c (singular definite spurten, plural indefinite spurter)

1. spurt (any sudden but not prolonged action)

• slutspurt
• spurte

spurt

1. imperative of spurte

Borrowing from English spurt.

• IPA^(key): /spʏrt/

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• Hyphenation: spurt
• Rhymes: -ʏrt

spurt m (plural spurts, diminutive spurtje n)

1. spurt (short sudden energetic effort), especially in running or cycling

• spurten

• IPA^(key): /spʊɻ̊ʈ/

spurt

1. supine form of spyrja

spurt

1. indefinite accusative singular of spurtur

spurt

1. past participle of spørre

spurt

1. neuter past participle of spørja and spørje

From English spurt.

• IPA^(key): /spɵrt/

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spurt (c)

1. spurt (any sudden but not prolonged action)

• slutspurt
• spurtsträcka
• spurta