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.
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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. — Ahha
Water is spurting from the fountain.
ruВода из фонтана бьёт напором. — ABChessel
deAus dem Springbrunnen spritzt Wasser. — Yorwba
Blood wouldn't stop spurting.
ruКровь хлестала не переставая. — marafon
deBlut spritzte ohne Unterlass. — Yorwba
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. — shanghainese
deDer Steuermann feuerte seine Mannschaft an und machte einen Siegesspurt in der letzten Runde der Regatta. — Yorwba
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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