Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to cause to gush:
to gush:
to make strong effort:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to gush:
to make strong effort:

Examples

7 sentences

  1. Tom had a growth spurt.

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  2. 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

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  3. Water is spurting from the fountain.

    ruВода из фонтана бьёт напором. — ABChessel

    deAus dem Springbrunnen spritzt Wasser. — Yorwba

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Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.

    spritzen, zischen, schießen

    бры́згатьbrýzgatʹ, выбра́сыватьvybrásyvatʹ, вы́броситьvýbrositʹ

    gush forth in a sudden stream or jet

  2. (intransitive)To make a strong effort for a short period of time.

    The bullion market spurted on Thursday.

    The runners spurted to the last lap as if they had extracted new energy from the applauds of the audience.

    spurten, sprinten, sich sputen

    де́лать рыво́кdélatʹ ryvók, сде́лать рыво́кsdélatʹ ryvók, рвану́тьrvanútʹ

  3. (intransitive)To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.

Origin

From earlier spirt, sprit (“to sprout”), from Middle English sprytten, from Old English sp

From 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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Forms

spurts, spurting, spurted, spurted

regular · Lesson

Base formspurt · to spurt
3rd person singularspurts
Present participlespurting
Past simplespurted
Past participlespurted

Tenses

spurt · spurted · will spurt · have spurted

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyspurt
he, she, itspurts

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave spurted
he, she, ithas spurted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill spurt

Past simpleLesson

all personsspurted

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • gush forth in a sudden stream or jet:spirtgushspout
  • wet with a spurt of liquid:squirt
  • move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy:forgespirt

Word family

4 related words
Derivedbespurtoutspurtspurtinglyspurtive

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
spurB2spuriousC2spurnsputniksputterspyA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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