Dictionary Entry
spurt
spurt is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt.
- 2transitive verb
To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth.
- 3noun
A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.
- 4intransitive verb
To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
- 5noun
the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- 6verb
move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
- 7verb
gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
"water gushed forth"
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