Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Spurt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spurt \Spurt\, n. [Cf. Icel. sprette a spurt, spring, run,
spretta to sprit, spring.]
A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an
increased exertion for a brief space.
The long, steady sweep of the so-called ``paddle''
tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of
the spurt. --T. Hughes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spurt \Spurt\, v. i. [Written also spirt, and originally the
same word as sprit; OE. sprutten to sprout, AS. spryttan. See
{Sprit}, v. i., {Sprout}, v. i.]
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.
Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, Spurts in
the gardener's eyes who turns the cock. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spurt \Spurt\, v. t.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spurt \Spurt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spurted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spurting}.]
To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spurt
n : the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) [syn: {jet},
{squirt}, {spirt}]
v 1: gush forth in a sudden stream or jet of liquids [syn: {spirt},
{gush}, {spout}]
2: move with increasing speed [syn: {forge}, {spirt}]
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