spurt
verb/spɜːt/
/spɜːrt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they spurt | /spɜːt/ /spɜːrt/ |
| he / she / it spurts | /spɜːts/ /spɜːrts/ |
| past simple spurted | /ˈspɜːtɪd/ /ˈspɜːrtɪd/ |
| past participle spurted | /ˈspɜːtɪd/ /ˈspɜːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form spurting | /ˈspɜːtɪŋ/ /ˈspɜːrtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (of liquid or flames) to burst out 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.
- [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.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
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