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spurt

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1. spurt - Noun

2. spurt - Verb

Meaning

To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt.

To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth.

A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.

To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.

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I did not have implants, I just had a growth spurt. Britney Spears

I don't like long tours. I find it much easier to go out for a short spurt every month. Bryan Adams

People get so attached to a position which they identify themselves with that they just spurt it out, but they can't really give you a viable reason why they feel that way. Serj Tankian

water gushed forth Source: Internet

A 5-0 spurt gave UNK its first double digit lead of the night, 56-46, late in the third quarter. Source: Internet

After a spurt in the period 1980-1983 following independence, a decline in birth rates set in. Since 1991, however, there has been a jump in death rates from a low of 10 per 1000 in 1985 to a high of 25 per 1000 in 2002/2003. Source: Internet

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