spurt

See also: Spurt and spürt

English

Alternative forms

• spirt

Pronunciation

• enPR: spû(r)t, IPA^(key): /spɜːt/
• enPR: spûrt, IPA^(key): /spɝt/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Etymology 1

From earlier spirt, sprit (“to sprout”), from Middle English sprutten, from Old English spryttan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).

Verb

spurt (third-person singular simple present spurts, present participle spurting, simple past and past participle spurted)

1. (transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
2. (intransitive) To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
   • 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:

     Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, / Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock.

   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21

     With that he pulled open his shirt, and with his long sharp nails opened a vein in his breast. When the blood began to spurt out, he took my hands in one of his, holding them tight, and with the other seized my neck and pressed my mouth to the wound, so that I must either suffocate or swallow some to the . . . Oh, my God! My God! What have I done?

Synonyms

• spout

Translations

to cause to gush

• Catalan: adollar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 噴出／喷出 (zh) (pēnchū), 喷出 (zh) (pēnchū), 噴／喷 (zh), 喷 (zh) (pēn)

• Finnish: purskauttaa (once), purskuttaa (fi) (repeatedly)
• Hungarian: spriccel (hu)
• Japanese: 噴き出す (ふきだす, fukidasu), 噴く (ふく, fuku)
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• Korean: 내뿜다 (naeppumda), 분출하다 (ko) (bunchulhada)
• Maori: korowhiwhi
• Russian: бры́згать (ru) impf (brýzgatʹ), выбра́сывать (ru) impf (vybrásyvatʹ), вы́бросить (ru) pf (výbrositʹ)
• Spanish: acelerón (es) m, acelerada (es) f
• Swedish: spruta (sv)
• Walloon: spiter (wa)

to gush

• Bulgarian: бликвам (bg) (blikvam), шурвам (bg) (šurvam)
• Catalan: rajar (ca), dollejar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 噴放／喷放 (pēnfàng), 喷放 (pēnfàng), 噴／喷 (zh), 喷 (zh) (pēn), 迸 (zh) (bèng), 迸射 (bèngshè), 噴發／喷发 (zh) (pēnfā), 喷发 (zh) (pēnfā), 噴出／喷出 (zh) (pēnchū), 喷出 (zh) (pēnchū), 噴薄／喷薄 (zh) (pēnbó), 喷薄 (zh) (pēnbó)

• Finnish: purskahtaa (fi) (once), purskua (repeatedly)
• French: gicler (fr)
• German: spritzen (de), zischen (de), schießen (de)
• Greek: αναβλύζω (el) (anavlýzo)
• Hebrew: קָלַח (he) m (qalákh)
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• Japanese: 迸る (ほとばしる, hotobajiru, とばしる, tobajiru), 噴出する (ふんしゅつする, funshutsu suru), 噴き出す (ふきだす, fukidasu)
• Korean: 솟구치다 (sotguchida)
• Maori: paratī, kotī, torohīhī, torohī, korohihī
• Polish: bryzgać impf
• Russian: бры́згать (ru) impf (brýzgatʹ), бить струёй impf (bitʹ strujój), заби́ть струёй pf (zabítʹ strujój), выбра́сывать струёй impf (vybrásyvatʹ strujój), вы́бросить струёй pf (výbrositʹ strujój), хлы́нуть (ru) pf (xlýnutʹ), струи́ться (ru) impf (struítʹsja)
• Swedish: spruta (sv)

Noun

spurt (plural spurts)

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

   a spurt of water; a spurt of blood

2. (slang) Ejaculation of semen.
   • 2019, R.W. Clinger, Stockton County Cowboys Box Set, JMS Books LLC (→ISBN)

     Clean all your spurt off me, man.” And so I did.

3. (obsolete) A shoot; a bud.
   • Template:RQ:Holland Pliny

Translations

brief gush

• Bulgarian: изблик (bg) m (izblik), силна струя f (silna struja)
• Catalan: raig (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 噴射／喷射 (zh) (pēnshè), 喷射 (zh) (pēnshè)

• Finnish: purskahdus (fi), purskaus
• German: Spritzer (de) m
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• Hebrew: שפריץ (he) m (shpritz)
• Japanese: 噴射 (ja) (ふんしゃ, funsha)
• Maori: puahiritanga
• Old English: ætspringan
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: пото́к (ru) m (potók), струя́ (ru) f (strujá)

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain. May be derived from Etymology 1.

Noun

spurt (plural spurts)

1. A moment, a short period of time.
2. A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.

   The boss's visit prompted a brief spurt of activity.

   • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 111:

     I seem to remember talking wanderingly to myself during that last spurt.

   • 1859, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown At Oxford

     The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt.

3. The act of spurting, or something spurted
   • 2015, Shelley Munro, Alexandre

     He thrust against her and deep inside, she felt his spurt of semen. Her clit jumped in response, and Lily tumbled into an orgasm that shook her clear to her toes.

Derived terms

• growth spurt

Translations

a moment — see moment,‎ instant,‎ blink of an eye

a sudden brief rise in activity, etc.

• Bulgarian: порив (bg) m (poriv)
• Finnish: pyrähdys (fi), rupeama (fi), spurtti
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• German: Spurt (de) m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can

Verb

spurt (third-person singular simple present spurts, present participle spurting, simple past and past participle spurted)

1. (intransitive) To make a strong effort for a short period of time.

   The bullion market spurted on Thursday.

   The runners spurted to the last lap as if they had extracted new energy from the applauds of the audience.

Translations

to make strong effort

• Faroese: spurta
• Finnish: rynnistää, kiriä (fi)
• German: spurten (de), sprinten (de), sich sputen (de)
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• Romanian: se grăbi
• Russian: де́лать рыво́к impf (délatʹ ryvók), сде́лать рыво́к pf (sdélatʹ ryvók), рвану́ть (ru) pf (rvanútʹ)
• Swedish: spurta (sv)

Anagrams

• Prust, turps

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Danish

Etymology

From English spurt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spuːrt/, [sb̥uɐ̯ˀd̥]

Noun

spurt c (singular definite spurten, plural indefinite spurter)

1. spurt (any sudden but not prolonged action)

Inflection

Declension of spurt

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spurt	spurten	spurter	spurterne
genitive	spurts	spurtens	spurters	spurternes

Related terms

• slutspurt
• spurte

Verb

spurt

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of spurte

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from English spurt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spʏrt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: spurt
• Rhymes: -ʏrt

Noun

spurt m (plural spurts, diminutive spurtje n)

1. spurt (short sudden energetic effort), especially in running or cycling

Related terms

• spurten

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spʊɻ̊ʈ/

Verb

spurt

1. supine form of spyrja

Noun

spurt

1. indefinite accusative singular of spurtur

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Icelandic

Verb

1. supine of spyrja

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

spurt

1. past participle of spørre

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

spurt

1. (deprecated template usage) neuter past participle of spørja

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Swedish

Etymology

From English spurt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɵrt/

• Audio:

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Noun

spurt (c)

1. spurt (any sudden but not prolonged action)

Inflection

Declension of spurt
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	spurt	spurten	spurter	spurterna
Genitive	spurts	spurtens	spurters	spurternas

Related terms

• slutspurt
• spurtsträcka
• spurta