Definitions for spirts

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Spelling: [spurt]

IPA: /spɜrt/

Spirts is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in spirts (iprsst).

Definitions for spirts

noun

1. a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
2. a marked increase of effort for a short period or distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
3. a sudden burst or outburst, as of activity, energy, or feeling.

verb (used with object)

1. to expel or force out suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.

verb (used without object)

1. to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
2. to show marked, usually increased, activity or energy for a short period:

verb (used with or without object), noun

1. spurt.

Origin of spirts

First recorded in 1560-70; variant of spirt; origin uncertain

Examples for spirts

On stormy days it spirts out furiously in thin, continuous streams.

One of them drinks some of the water and spirts it into the air, making a fine spray in imitation of mist or drizzling rain.

There he sat, and the conversation progressed in jerks and spirts, between pauses of embarrassing silence.

On stormy days it spirts out furiously in thin continuous streams.

A solitary water-cart goes jingling down the wide pavement, and spirts a feeble refreshment over the dusty, thirsty stones.

A solitary water-cart goes jingling down the wide pavement, and spirts a feeble refreshment over the dusty, thirty stones.

Water, when it boils, bubbles and spirts; fat is still when it boils.

The blood from an artery is of a bright red color, and spirts out, in regular jets, at each beat of the heart.

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Girls should know that the blood from a cut artery is bright red and flows in spirts and jets.