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as in jet
a usually forceful stream of fluid discharged from a narrow opening a sudden spurt of blood rushed out from the opened wound

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spurt

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verb

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Recent Examples of spurt
Noun
As the lieutenant falls to the ground dead, blood spurts from his head. Time, 20 Sep. 2025 The training takes place in 10-hour spurts. Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
Seismic activity also creates spurting geysers and toasty geothermal pools, particularly in magma-rich areas like the Snæfellsnes Peninsula and around Borgarfjörður fjord, both in the west. Robin Catalano, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2025 As the runners turned for home, the front-running Hejazi spurted clear. Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for spurt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spurt
Noun
  • Al-Sheikh’s message sparked a flurry of speculation in the following 48 hours over possible suitors, although the club have remained silent on the subject.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Light flurries may arrive unexpectedly during the week of Thanksgiving, but as of right now, things look pretty calm.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The plasma clouds were likely first created by jets of material released by the galaxy’s supermassive black hole, Hota explained.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Boeing’s business-jet division announced a new plan to turn commercial-passenger 747-8 airliners into the largest floating palaces in the sky.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Photos from the scene show heavy flames pouring from an upper window in the yellow house.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Matthiessen was born in 1927 to a pair of well-off, chronically depressed New Yorkers, people who were more likely to pour a stiff drink or take to their beds than to talk openly about their feelings.
    Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Most of the crowd, which numbered around 25,000, was rooting for Argentina and erupted when Lo Celso’s shot hit the back of the net.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The Panthers erupted for 62 unanswered points to cruise to a 62-17 win on Thursday at Newsom Stadium.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Switching gears to summer, easy pieces from swimwear to shirtdresses came in an array of color bursts, and played with prints.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Super Heavy alone is powered by 33 of SpaceX’s Raptor engines that give the initial burst of thrust at liftoff.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Kim rushed home to find Kris lying on a stretcher with a neck brace.
    Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Robinson rushed for 170 yards on 19 carries with an 81-yard touchdown that blew this game wide open in favor of the home team.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Branch was ejected in a game against Green Bay in 2024 for a helmet-to-helmet hit on running back Bo Melton.
    Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The pop star has not publicly commented on what happened, but local police confirmed to ABC News that the aggressive concertgoer was immediately ejected from the Kaseya Center.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When Earth crosses paths with this point of a comet’s orbit, a meteor storm occurs, producing an outburst of meteors streaking across the sky.
    Gina Park, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Every few decades or so, the Draconids create a massive outburst with hundreds of meteors an hour visible from some locations on Earth.
    Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Spurt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spurt. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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