SPURT meaning: Sudden, short burst of activity

We found 35 dictionaries that define the word SPURT:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

spurt: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
spurt: Merriam-Webster
spurt, spurt: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
spurt: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
spurt: Collins English Dictionary
spurt: Vocabulary.com
Spurt, spurt: Wordnik
spurt: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
spurt: Wiktionary
spurt: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
spurt: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
spurt: Infoplease Dictionary
spurt: Dictionary.com
spurt (n.), spurt (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
spurt: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Spurt (Dutch Railways), Spurt: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Spurt: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
spurt: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
spurt: Rhymezone
spurt, spurt (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
spurt: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
spurt: FreeDictionary.org
spurt: Mnemonic Dictionary
spurt: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)

spurt: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

spurt: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)
spurt: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)

SPURT: Acronym Finder
AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
spurt: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

spurt: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Spurt: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (spurt)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
▸ noun:  A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
▸ noun:  (slang) Ejaculation of semen.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A shoot; a bud.
▸ noun:  A moment, a short period of time.
▸ noun:  A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
▸ noun:  The act of spurting, or something spurted
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To make a strong effort for a short period of time.

Similar:

spirt, squirt, spout, gush, jet, forge, splurt, spring out, spurtle, splurge, more...

Opposite:

trickle, trickle down

Types:

geyser, fountain, gusher, jet, spew, squirt, squirtle, more...

Phrases:

growth spurt, spurt grass, gas spurt, spurt of, more...

Adjectives:

adolescent, sudden, great, initial, final, last, little, rapid, pubertal, brief, tremendous

Colors:

red, crimson, scarlet, burgundy, maroon, more...