spurt

See also: Spurt and spürt

English

Alternative forms

spirt

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: spû(r)t, IPA^(key): /spɜːt/
(General American) enPR: spûrt, IPA^(key): /spɝt/
Audio (AU) (file)
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Etymology 1

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”).

Verb

spurt (third-person singular simple present spurts, present participle spurting, simple past and past participle spurted)

(transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
(intransitive) To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
- 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, OCLC 1033416756:
  Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, / Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 21, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, OCLC 688657546:
  With that he pulled open his shirt, and with his long sharp nails opened a vein in his breast. When the blood began to spurt out, he took my hands in one of his, holding them tight, and with the other seized my neck and pressed my mouth to the wound, so that I must either suffocate or swallow some to the . . . Oh, my God! My God! What have I done?

Synonyms

spout

Translations

to cause to gush

Catalan: adollar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 噴出／喷出 (zh) (pēnchū), 噴／喷 (zh) (pēn)
Finnish: purskauttaa (once), purskuttaa (fi) (repeatedly)
Hungarian: spriccel (hu)
Japanese: 噴き出す (ふきだす, fukidasu), 噴く (ふく, fuku)
Korean: 내뿜다 (naeppumda), 분출하다 (ko) (bunchulhada)
Maori: korowhiwhi
Russian: бры́згать (ru) impf (brýzgatʹ), выбра́сывать (ru) impf (vybrásyvatʹ), вы́бросить (ru) pf (výbrositʹ)
Spanish: acelerón (es) m, acelerada (es) f
Swedish: spruta (sv)
Walloon: spiter (wa)

to gush

Bulgarian: бликвам (bg) (blikvam), шурвам (bg) (šurvam)
Catalan: rajar (ca), dollejar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 噴放／喷放 (pēnfàng), 噴／喷 (zh) (pēn), 迸 (zh) (bèng), 迸射 (bèngshè), 噴發／喷发 (zh) (pēnfā), 噴出／喷出 (zh) (pēnchū), 噴薄／喷薄 (zh) (pēnbó)
Finnish: purskahtaa (fi) (once), purskua (repeatedly)
French: gicler (fr)
German: spritzen (de), zischen (de), schießen (de)
Greek: αναβλύζω (el) (anavlýzo)
Hebrew: קָלַח‎ (he) m (qalákh)
Japanese: 迸る (ほとばしる, hotobajiru, とばしる, tobajiru), 噴出する (ja) (ふんしゅつする, funshutsu suru), 噴き出す (ふきだす, fukidasu)
Korean: 솟구치다 (sotguchida)
Maori: paratī, kotī, torohīhī, torohī, korohihī
Polish: bryzgać impf, bluzgać impf, bluznąć pf
Russian: бры́згать (ru) impf (brýzgatʹ), бить струёй impf (bitʹ strujój), заби́ть струёй pf (zabítʹ strujój), выбра́сывать струёй impf (vybrásyvatʹ strujój), вы́бросить струёй pf (výbrositʹ strujój), хлы́нуть (ru) pf (xlýnutʹ), струи́ться (ru) impf (struítʹsja)
Swedish: spruta (sv)

Noun

spurt (plural spurts)

A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
a spurt of water; a spurt of blood
(slang) Ejaculation of semen.
- 2019, R.W. Clinger, Stockton County Cowboys Box Set, JMS Books LLC, →ISBN:
  Clean all your spurt off me, man.” And so I did.
(obsolete) A shoot; a bud.
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book II.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the VVorld. Commonly Called, The Natvrall Historie of C. Plinivs Secvndus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, OCLC 1180792622:
  The Garden Sperages […] send out at first certaine greene spurts or buds peeping forth of the ground.

Translations

brief gush

Bulgarian: изблик (bg) m (izblik), силна струя f (silna struja)
Catalan: raig (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 噴射／喷射 (zh) (pēnshè)
Dutch: losbarsting f,opwelling (nl) f,sprint (nl) f,
Finnish: purskahdus (fi), purskaus
German: Spritzer (de) m, Strahl (de) m
Hebrew: שפריץ‎ (he) m (shpritz)
Japanese: 噴射 (ja) (ふんしゃ, funsha)
Maori: puahiritanga
Old English: ætspringan
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: пото́к (ru) m (potók), струя́ (ru) f (strujá)

Etymology 2

Uncertain. May be derived from Etymology 1.

Noun

spurt (plural spurts)

A moment, a short period of time.
A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
The boss's visit prompted a brief spurt of activity.
- 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 111:
  I seem to remember talking wanderingly to myself during that last spurt.
- 1859, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown At Oxford
  The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt.
The act of spurting, or something spurted
- 2015, Shelley Munro, Alexandre
  He thrust against her and deep inside, she felt his spurt of semen. Her clit jumped in response, and Lily tumbled into an orgasm that shook her clear to her toes.

Derived terms

growth spurt

Translations

a moment — see moment,‎ instant,‎ blink of an eye

a sudden brief rise in activity, etc.

Bulgarian: порив (bg) m (poriv)
Finnish: pyrähdys (fi), rupeama (fi), spurtti
German: Spurt (de) m, Ausbruch (de) m
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: spurt (sv) c

Verb

spurt (third-person singular simple present spurts, present participle spurting, simple past and past participle spurted)

(intransitive) To make a strong effort for a short period of time.
The bullion market spurted on Thursday.
The runners spurted to the last lap as if they had extracted new energy from the applauds of the audience.

Translations

to make strong effort

Dutch: sprinten (nl),
Faroese: spurta
Finnish: rynnistää, kiriä (fi)
German: spurten (de), sprinten (de), sich sputen (de)
Romanian: se grăbi
Russian: де́лать рыво́к impf (délatʹ ryvók), сде́лать рыво́к pf (sdélatʹ ryvók), рвану́ть (ru) pf (rvanútʹ)
Swedish: spurta (sv)

Anagrams

Prust, turps

Danish

Etymology

From English spurt.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spuːrt/, [sb̥uɐ̯ˀd̥]

Noun

spurt c (singular definite spurten, plural indefinite spurter)

spurt (any sudden but not prolonged action)

Inflection

Declension of spurt

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spurt	spurten	spurter	spurterne
genitive	spurts	spurtens	spurters	spurternes

Related terms

slutspurt
spurte

Verb

spurt

imperative of spurte

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from English spurt.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spʏrt/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: spurt
Rhymes: -ʏrt

Noun

spurt m (plural spurts, diminutive spurtje n)

spurt (short sudden energetic effort), especially in running or cycling

Related terms

spurten

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spʊɻ̊ʈ/

Verb

spurt

supine form of spyrja

Noun

spurt

indefinite accusative singular of spurtur

Icelandic

Verb

spurt

supine of spyrja

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

spurt

past participle of spørre

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

spurt

neuter past participle of spørja

Swedish

Etymology

From English spurt.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spɵrt/
Audio (file)

Noun

spurt c

a spurt (at the end of a speed competition in the primary sense, but also generally by extension)

Inflection

Declension of spurt
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	spurt	spurten	spurter	spurterna
Genitive	spurts	spurtens	spurters	spurternas

Related terms

slutspurt
spurtsträcka
spurta

References

spurt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
spurt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
spurt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)