spurt

See also Spurt, and spürt

English

Etymology

See spit

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• spirt
• spout

Translations

to cause to gush

• Finnish: purskauttaa (fi) (once), purskuttaa (fi) (repeatedly)
• Hungarian: spriccel (hu)

• Russian: брызгать (ru) (bryzgatʹ)
• Swedish: spruta (sv)

to gush

• Finnish: purskahtaa (fi) (once), purskua (fi) (repeatedly)
• French: gicler (fr)
• Maori: paratī (mi), kotī (mi)
• Polish: bryzgać (pl)

• Russian: брызгать (ru) (bryzgatʹ)
• Swedish: spruta (sv)

to make strong effort

• Finnish: rynnistää (fi), kiriä (fi)

• Swedish: spurta (sv)

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• Catalan: rajar, xorrar

Noun

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. (slang) Ejaculation of semen
3. Any sudden but not prolonged action.

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

Translations

brief gush

• Catalan: raig
• Finnish: purskahdus (fi), purskaus (fi)
• German: Spritze (de) f

• Hebrew: שפריץ (he) (shprítz) m
• Russian: поток (ru) (potok) m, струя (ru) (struja) f

Derived terms

• growth spurt

Anagrams

• turps

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Danish

Etymology

From English spurt.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /spuːrt/, [sb̥uɐ̯ˀd̥]

Noun

spurt c (singular definite spurten, plural indefinite spurter)

1. spurt (any sudden but not prolonged action)

Inflection

    Inflection of spurt

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	spurt	spurten	spurter	spurterne
genitive	spurts	spurtens	spurters	spurternes

Related terms

• slutspurt
• spurte

Verb

spurt

1. imperative of spurte

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Swedish

Etymology

From English spurt.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /spɵrt/

• Audio

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Noun

spurt (c)

1. spurt (any sudden but not prolonged action)

Inflection

Declension of spurt

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spurt	spurten	spurter	spurterna
genitive	spurts	spurtens	spurters	spurternas

Related terms

• slutspurt
• spurtsträcka
• spurta