Spurting
noun, verb
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 present participle and gerund of spurt form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 propelled violently in a usually narrow stream wordnet
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More examples"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."