Synonyms:
jet, squirt, spurt, spirt
Meaning: the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
Usage examples
Calliope made a bold and rapid spurt for it, the marshal's crowd "smoking" him as he ran.
A spurt of fire belched from his hose, streaming out for four or five feet in a solid red cone.
The tinkering sounds began again, and a spurt of falling debris rattled in the leaves of the hedge.
As a faint spurt of flame rose from the point where the missile struck he swung over the side and was quickly upon the ground.
He would begin his final spurt, and if possible finish the hundred miles at his utmost speed, win the race and then hasten to his father's side.
Anne of Austria's sudden spurt of energy--she was a thoroughly indolent woman by nature--began to die out as she became accustomed to her new responsibilities; she was only too glad to leave all matters of State to a man who declared that his only desire was to save her worry and trouble.