Thesaurus: spurt

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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. n. A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.
4. v. i. To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
5. n. the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
6. v. gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
7. v. wet with a spurt of liquid
8. v. move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
9. 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. Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock. Pope. 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. 1. 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. 2. A shoot; a bud. [Obs.] Holland. 3. Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy. Spurt grass (Bot.), a rush fit for basket work. Dr. Prior. A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space. The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt. T. Hughes. To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
10. To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, asliquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small streamor jet; to spirt.Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, Spurts in thegardener's eyes who turns the cock. Pope.
11. v:39/n:61 v. gush forth in a sudden stream or jet