Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: spurt
IPA transcription: [sp'ɝt]
noun meaning of the word
  • 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.