spurt

spurt
v
1. spout, squirt, shoot out or up, spray, project; gush, jet, spring, burst forth, well forth or up or out; surge, swell, swash; pour, effuse, stream, flow, issue, emanate; emerge, come out, debouch, disembogue.
2. have a burst of energy, accelerate, increase one’s speed, double-time Inf. pour it on Sl. step on it; race, race like the wind, sprint, fly, flit, whiz, whisk; speed, zoom, zip, career, rip, scour, scud Inf. scorch Sl. burn up the road Chiefly Brit. hare Inf. clip Inf. barrel.
3. disgorge, spit out, expel, eject, discharge, emit, send forth; vomit, regurgitate, throw up, spit up, heave, be or get sick, puke Sl. retch Sl. barf Sl. upchuck Sl. blow lunch.
n
4. gush, outgush, spate, squirt, shoot, spray, projection; gust, blast, explosion; jet, spring, fountain, geyser, well, outwell, flood; ebullition, outrush, outpour, outpouring, efflux, outflux, effluence, effusion; outstream, stream, flow, tide, emanation; surge, swell, swash.
5. burst, burst of energy, sprint, rush, spree, spell or period of increased activity, flash or moment of increased activity, impulse, spell or moment of inspiration Sl. tear; acceleration, increase, increment, heightening, raise.
6. outburst, outbreak, eruption; burst of emotion, profusion, profusiveness, exuberance, bubbling over, enthusiasm, excitement; flare-up, blowup, temper tantrum, fit.

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  • 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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