spurt

Meanings

Verb

• To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
• To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
• To make a strong effort for a short period of time.

Noun

• A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
• Ejaculation of semen.
• 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

Related

Similar words

• spout

Origin

• From earlier spirt, sprit#Etymology 2, from Middle English sprutten, from Old English spryttan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-.
• Origin uncertain. May be derived from Etymology 1.