Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: spurring
IPA transcription: [sp'ɝɪŋ]
Pronunciations of spurring
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring
    Meaning: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
Usage examples
  • "What is it?" demanded the major, spurring ahead of the others, and riding up to the tracker.
  • Robert would come spurring after her and seize her bridle just as she was turning in at Sir John's gates.
  • But when the Squire got up in the morning, and went to look after his grooms, they had just begun to come to; and some of them fell to spurring the beams with their spurs, till the splinters flew again, and some fell off, and some still hung on and sat there looking like fools.
  • When the traveller came up with them he saluted them courteously, and spurring his mare was passing them without stopping, but Don Quixote called out to him, "Gallant sir, if so be your worship is going our road, and has no occasion for speed, it would be a pleasure to me if we were to join company."
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Naked Came the Stranger, License CC BY-SA 4.0