Spurt
[spɜːt] or [spɝt]
Definition
(verb.) gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; 'water gushed forth'.
Typed by Kate--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(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.
(n.) A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.
(v. i.) To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
Typist: Stacey
Definition
v.t. to spout or send out in a sudden stream as water.—v.i. to gush out suddenly in a small stream: to flow out forcibly or at intervals.—n. a sudden or violent gush of a liquid from an opening: a jet: a sudden short effort a special exertion of one's self for a short time in running rowing &c.
Typed by Ada
Examples
- His revolver cracked, and I saw the blood spurt from the front of Woodley's waistcoat. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Unless the powder from a badly fitting cartridge happens to spurt backward, one may fire many shots without leaving a sign. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As a faint spurt of flame rose from the point where the missile struck he swung over the side and was quickly upon the ground. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The talk spurted up again here and there, for a minute or two at a time; but there was a miserable lack of life and sparkle in it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I took off the kettle and blew out the lamp, for the water was spurting over the floor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Ricky