SPURT
\spˈɜːt], \spˈɜːt], \s_p_ˈɜː_t]\
Definitions of SPURT
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.
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To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
By Oddity Software
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A sudden or forcible gushing forth of a liquid; a brief, sudden effort.
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To gush forth suddenly in a stream or jet; make a sudden brief effort.
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To throw out in a stream or jet.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To spout, or send out in a sudden stream, as water.
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To gush out suddenly in a small stream: to flow out forcibly or at intervals.
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A sudden or violent gush of a liquid from an opening: a jet: a sudden and short effort.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman