- an amount of liquid or flames that comes out of somewhere with great force
- a great spurt of blood
- a sudden increase in speed, effort, activity or emotion for a short period of time
- You'd better put on a spurt (= hurry up) if you want to finish that work today.
- Babies get very hungry during growth spurts.
- a sudden spurt of anger
Extra Examples- Boys experience a growth spurt during puberty.
- He felt a spurt of resentment against his brother.
- She put on a spurt to get to the station in time.
- With one final spurt, he reached the top of the hill.
- a spurt in capital spending
- an initial spurt of energy
- I felt a little spurt of pleasure at the prospect.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sudden
- brief
- little
- …
- put on
- feel
- with a spurt
- spurt in
- spurt of
- …
- in short spurts
Word Originmid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
Idioms
See spurt in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryin spurts
- in short periods of great activity, powerful movement, etc., rather than in a steady, continuous way
- The water came out of the tap in spurts.
- His breath came in short spurts.
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