spurt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spurt	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for spurt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spurt n the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) [syn: jet, squirt, spurt, spirt] v gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth" Synonym(s): spurt, spirt, gush, spout move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy Synonym(s): forge, spurt, spirt
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spurt \Spurt\, v. i. [Written also spirt, and originally the same word as sprit; OE. sprutten to sprout, AS. spryttan. See {Sprit}, v. i., {Sprout}, 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. Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spurt \Spurt\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spurt \Spurt\, n. [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. The long, steady sweep of the so-called [bd]paddle[b8] tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt. --T. Hughes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spurt \Spurt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spurted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spurting}.] To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.