- 1[intransitive, transitive] (of liquid or flames) to burst or pour out suddenly; to produce sudden powerful streams of liquid or flames spurt (from something) Blood was spurting from her nose. spurt out (of/from something) Red and yellow flames spurted out of the fire. spurt something Her nose was spurting blood. spurt something + adv./prep. The volcano spurted clouds of steam and ash high into the air.
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- 2[intransitive] + adv./prep. to increase your speed for a short time to get somewhere faster She spurted past me to get to the line first.
spurt
verbNAmE//spərt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they spurt he / she / it spurts
past simple spurted
-ing form spurting
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