| Spurt (spurt) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Spurt |
| [Written also
spirt, and originally the same word as sprit; OE.
sprutten to sprout, AS. spryttan. See Sprit,
, Sprout, ] |
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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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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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.
A shoot; a bud.
Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt
of jealousy.
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| Spurt (spurt) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Spurt |
| [Cf. Icel. sprette
a spurt, spring, run, spretta to sprit, spring.] |
A sudden
and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a
brief space.
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To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an
emergency.
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