Definitions for spurts

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spurts spurt

Spelling: [spurt]

IPA: /spɜrt/

Spurts is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in spurts (prsstu).

Definitions for spurts

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:

Origin of spurts

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

Examples for spurts

A spurt of laughter dies into a shiver of repugnance at the action.

There was no outcry; simply a spurt of blood and brain, and all was over.

"I asked him what he'd been doing with himself all the summer," Barbara went on with a spurt.

A spurt of boiling water jumped into the air, and a wash of water followed.

At these words Pincher took a spurt and had to be held in, lest they should overtake the wagon.

The dun had been hard ridden in the spurt to gain the mountains ahead of the posse.

Another bullet lifted a spurt of dust almost at his horse's feet.

It has made people squirm and spurt out apologies, and it has made my face burn a darker red.

That spurt in the private sector set the stage for his congressional career.

Suddenly, a spurt of smoke came from the muzzle of the rifle.