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Spurt
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- 1 A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
"a spurt of water; a spurt of blood"
- 2 A moment, a short period of time.
- 3 the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) wordnet
- 4 Ejaculation of semen. slang
""Clean all your spurt off me, man." And so I did."
- 5 A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
"The boss's visit prompted a brief spurt of activity."
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- 6 A shoot; a bud. obsolete
"The Garden Sperages[…]send out at first certaine greene spurts or buds peeping forth of the ground."
- 7 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."
- 1 To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet. transitive
- 2 To make a strong effort for a short period of time. intransitive
"The bullion market spurted on Thursday."
- 3 wet with a spurt of liquid wordnet
- 4 To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet. intransitive
"Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, / Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock."
- 5 move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy wordnet
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- 6 gush forth in a sudden stream or jet wordnet
Etymology
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”).
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”).
Uncertain. May be derived from Etymology 1.
Uncertain. May be derived from Etymology 1.
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