spurt

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
2. (intransitive) To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.

Noun

1. A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
2. (slang) Ejaculation of semen.
3. (obsolete) A shoot; a bud.

Noun

1. A moment, a short period of time.
2. A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
3. The act of spurting, or something spurted

Synonyms

spout

gush

squirt

jet

spray

sprinkle

spirt

gush out

shoot

rush

dash

💨

burst

stream

spatter

flow

gush forth

blow out

splash

puff out

spurt out

burst into laughter

surge

forge

scatter

hasten

spit

discharge

erupt

ooze

current

push forward

radiate

rampage

run

rush out

send out

shoot forth

shower

🚿

spark

speed

spew

splatter

splutter

spot

spread

spring

sprint

spritz

sputter

strain

Translations

jaillir

gicler

opspatten

stuiven

💨

verspuiten

αναβλύζω

spritzen

brotar

esguichar

Strahl

Spurt

jet

zampillo

scattare

chorro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spɜːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sprytten

Inherited from Old English: spryttan

In summary

From earlier spirt, sprit (“to sprout”), from Middle English sprytten, from Old English spryttan, from Proto-West Germanic *spruttjan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).