1 ~ (out) (from sth) (of liquid or flames) to burst or pour out suddenly in a fast stream; to produce a sudden fast stream of liquid or flames:
[V] Blood was spurting from her nose. * Red and yellow flames spurted out of the fire. * [VN] Her nose was spurting blood. * The volcano spurted clouds of steam and ash high into the air.
2 [V+adv./prep.] to increase your speed for a short time to get somewhere faster:
She spurted past me to get to the line first.
Part of speech: noun
1 an amount of liquid or flames that comes out of somewhere with great force:
a great spurt of blood * The water came out of the tap in spurts.
2 a sudden increase in speed, effort, activity or emotion for a short period of time:
You'd better put on a spurt (= hurry up) if you want to finish that work today. * Babies get very hungry during growth spurts. * a sudden spurt of anger / laughter / interest
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is spurt a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, spurt is tagged as verb.
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