GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Spurt , v. i. [Written also spirt, and originally the same word as sprit; OE. sprutten to sprout, AS. spryttan. See Sprit, v. i., Sprout, v. i.] To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt.
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   Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock,
   Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock.
   Pope.
   
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   Spurt, v. t. To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth.
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   Spurt, n.
   A sudden or violent ejection or gushing of a liquid, as of water from a tube, orifice, or other confined place, or of blood from a wound; a jet; a spirt.
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   A shoot; a bud. [Obs.]
   Holland.
   
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   Fig.:  A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy.
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   Spurt grass (Bot.), a rush fit for basket work.
   Dr. Prior.
   
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   Spurt , n. [Cf. Icel. sprettr a spurt, spring, run, spretta to spirt, spring.] A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.
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   The long, steady sweep of the so-called “paddle” tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt.
   T. Hughes.
   
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   Spurt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spurted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spurting.] To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
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