Spurting

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of something that spurts.

    "The seeds are apt to spurt in the formation; and these spurtings are rarely for the better […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of spurt form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    propelled violently in a usually narrow stream wordnet

Example

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"I went down the stairs and into the hall, where I found the commissionnaire fast asleep in his box, with the kettle boiling furiously upon the spirit-lamp. I took off the kettle and blew out the lamp, for the water was spurting over the floor."

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