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Spur

//spɜː//

Synonyms for "spur" (261 found)

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Informal (64)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(8 words)

set head rush tail peak arm lash reef

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Noun, verb, slang(18 words)

drive grind stir whip prick hustle spit spray bundle strap snag prod imp twig jag flog strop prong

Name, noun, phrase, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(26 words)

hook file push bill poke wing branch edge link rake spike tongue needle crest motion bustle pike barb rouse delta

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cage organ mull fang cape gaff

Adj, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

switch joint leg ratchet

Name, noun, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, pron, verb, slang(1 words)

Verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(2 words)

General use (197)

Noun, verb(33 words)

move rally instrument crowd group dispatch pressure school sting quicken process urge countenance nudge hurry spire foment comb wrangle whet

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impulse stampede ambition member prickle abet drove sprig reset whiplash prompting rowel snaggle

Name, noun, verb(17 words)

favor press art shepherd limb railroad tooth corral cog haste goad herd pinnacle quill pinion knoll steeple

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Noun(48 words)

movement projection mountain inspiration prod spine constraint prominence offshoot goad gad stimulation appendage lobe ramification inducement incitement encouragement stimulus catalyst

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Adj, noun, verb(5 words)

precipitate signal prompt motive taper

Verb(28 words)

provoke arouse excite stimulate induce exalt incite awaken goad encourage sharpen activate motivate impel propel instigate push on exhort speed up hurry up

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egg on ride herd on urging push through hustle up urge on cheer on spur on

Adj, verb(6 words)

animate accelerate expedite acuminate cuspidate spiculate

Adj, noun(10 words)

provocative premium impromptu stimulant propellant incentive tendril mountaintop aculeate excitant

Name, verb(1 words)

Intj, name, noun, verb(3 words)

harrow gad hone

Adj, name, noun, verb(2 words)

Adverb(12 words)

hastily recklessly suddenly impulsively impetuously unexpectedly brashly thoughtlessly unthinkingly rashly incautiously unpremeditatedly

Prep_phrase(1 words)

Name, noun(10 words)

breakwater crag hilltop bough peninsula ness promontory naze chersonese pico

Intj, verb(1 words)

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

Adv, noun, verb(1 words)

drive on hurry on railroad through rush along hasten on hie on hurry along speed along whip along whip on root on punch cattle lofty peak goad on hound on speed on

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