From earlier spirt, sprit (“to sprout”), from Middle English sprytten, from Old English spryttan, from Proto-West Germanic *spruttjan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).
Meanings
A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
a spurt of water; a spurt of blood
(slang) Ejaculation of semen.
"Clean all your spurt off me, man." And so I did. 2019, R.W. Clinger, Stockton County Cowboys Box Set, JMS Books LLC, →ISBN:
(obsolete) A shoot; a bud.
The Garden Sperages[…]send out at first certaine greene spurts or buds peeping forth of the ground. 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book II.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
From earlier spirt, sprit (“to sprout”), from Middle English sprytten, from Old English spryttan, from Proto-West Germanic *spruttjan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).
Meanings
(transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
(intransitive) To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, / Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock. 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:
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? 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC:
In the floor of the valley the line passes hills of fantastic shape, like sleeping camels and inverted washbasins, and you can see the beautiful lakes Naivasha and Elementeita; at Eburru jets of steam spurt out of the ground. 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:
A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
After a brief spurt of conviviality on our part, my partner and I quickly moved on to our priority— tracking down play parties. 1991 April 22, Wickie Stamps, “A Lesbian Looks At The GMSMA's 10ᵗʰ Anniversary Celebration”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt. 1859, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown At Oxford:
The boss's visit prompted a brief spurt of activity.
I seem to remember talking wanderingly to myself during that last spurt. 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 111:
The act of spurting, or something spurted
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. 2015, Shelley Munro, Alexandre:
de Ausbruch (a sudden brief rise in activity, etc.) · sv spurt (a sudden brief rise in activity, etc.) · fi rupeama (a sudden brief rise in activity, etc.) · fi pyrähdys (a sudden brief rise in activity, etc.) · fi spurtti (a sudden brief rise in activity, etc.) · bg порив (a sudden brief rise in activity, etc.) · de Spurt (a sudden brief rise in activity, etc.)
(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.
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ro se sforța (to make strong effort) · de sich sputen (to make strong effort) · la nītor (to make strong effort) · de spurten (to make strong effort) · de sprinten (to make strong effort) · bg давам си зор (to make strong effort) · sv spurta (to make strong effort) · fi kiriä (to make strong effort) · fi rynnistää (to make strong effort) · ru рвану́ть (to make strong effort) · bg бъхтя се (to make strong effort) · bg напъна се (to make strong effort) · la tendō (to make strong effort) · nl sprinten (to make strong effort) · ru де́лать рыво́к (to make strong effort) · fo spurta (to make strong effort) · bg дада си зор (to make strong effort) · bg напъвам се (to make strong effort) · ru сде́лать рыво́к (to make strong effort)