spurt
A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/woundA brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
» Tom had a growth spurt.
Meaning
6 sensesA brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
a spurt of water; a spurt of blood
Spritzer, Strahl
пото́кpotók, струя́strujá
(slang)Ejaculation of semen.
A moment, a short period of time.
A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
The boss's visit prompted a brief spurt of activity.
Spurt, Ausbruch
The act of spurting, or something spurted
(obsolete)A shoot; a bud.
- the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
Examples
7 sentencesTom had a growth spurt.
Kilauea volcano began spurting lava Sunday after two years of relative silence.
Вулкан Кілауеа почав виплескувати лаву в неділю після двох років відносної тиші.
Water is spurting from the fountain.
ruВода из фонтана бьёт напором.
deAus dem Springbrunnen spritzt Wasser.
Blood wouldn't stop spurting.
ruКровь хлестала не переставая.
deBlut spritzte ohne Unterlass.
The coxswain egged his crewmen on, and made a winning spurt at the last lap of the regatta.
ruРулевой раззадорил команду и осуществил победный рывок на финальном этапе регаты.
deDer Steuermann feuerte seine Mannschaft an und machte einen Siegesspurt in der letzten Runde der Regatta.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From earlier spirt, sprit (“to sprout”), from Middle English sprytten, from Old English spFrom earlier spirt, sprit (“to sprout”), from Middle English sprytten, from Old English spryttan, from Proto-West Germanic *spruttjan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).
Uncertain. May be derived from Etymology 1.
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