spurt
IPA: spˈɝt
noun
- A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
- (slang) Ejaculation of semen.
- (obsolete) A shoot; a bud.
- A moment, a short period of time.
- A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
- The act of spurting, or something spurted
verb
- (transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
- (intransitive) To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
- (intransitive) To make a strong effort for a short period of time.
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Examples of "spurt" in Sentences
- That caused the final spurt.
- The strongest growth spurt was in the 1960s.
- In the beginning, it shows the ejaculation spurt.
- The army then experienced another spurt in growth.
- The blood would spurt and the crowd would go wild.
- "Look, they got these things they call spurt bombs.
- This is probably the explanation for the growth spurt.
- It saw a spurt in the membership and further strengthening itself.
- For most men the first spurt occurs during the second contraction.
- The sudden spurt in ornithology was also due in part to colonialization.
- The greatest amount of GH is produced during the adolescent growth spurt.
- This whole recent spurt is largely concentrated among kids of the upper middle class. ...
- I don’t think your current growth spurt is helping, because it makes you fall over all the time.
- The one constant during the spurt has been a defensive mind-set that was missing early this season.
- The renewed hope for a Redskins postseason renaissance springs from Campbell's offseason growth spurt, which is exactly what coach Joe Gibbs and Saunders sought.
- Mills 'driving basket 4: 13 before halftime capped a 7-0 Stephen F. Austin spurt that cut it to 33-19, but Arizona State outscored the Ladyjacks 13-4 the rest of the half.
- We all know what happened that day, but what is happening now especially in the arts community, which is essential to New Orleans both past and hopefully future, reminds me of the first sprigs of green that spurt from the ashes after a forest fire.
- Certainly, the rise in service-industry activity could at least partially be explained by what Vicky Redwood, senior U.K. economist at Capital Economics, called a "spurt" of public spending as government departments sought to use up their budgets in the old financial year.
- The far better choice is the Special Prosecutor, it would enable less personal involvement and political liability for the Democrats and impeachments usually rally sympathy votes for a party under that threat-recall the spurt of popularity for Clinton during the impeachment process and his leaving office with a 69% approval rating.