spurt

== English == === Alternative forms === spirt === Pronunciation === enPR: spûrt (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /spɜːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /spɜɹt/ 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. ===== Synonyms ===== spout ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== spurt (plural spurts) A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound. (slang) Ejaculation of semen. (obsolete) A shoot; a bud. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Uncertain. May be derived from Etymology 1. ==== Noun ==== spurt (plural spurts) A moment, a short period of time. Synonyms: instant, jiffy; see also Thesaurus:moment A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development. The act of spurting, or something spurted ===== Derived terms ===== growth spurt ===== Descendants ===== → German: Spurt → Japanese: ラストスパート (rasuto supāto, literally “last spurt”) ===== Translations ===== ==== 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. ===== Translations ===== === 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== slutspurt spurte === Verb === spurt imperative of spurte == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowing from English spurt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /spʏrt/ 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 indefinite neuter singular past participle of spørja == Swedish == === Etymology === From English spurt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /spɵrt/ === Noun === spurt c a spurt (at the end of a speed competition in the primary sense, but also generally by extension) ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== slutspurt spurtsträcka ==== Related terms ==== spurta === References === “spurt”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “spurt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “spurt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)