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spurted

verb

past tense of spurt
1
as in poured
to flow out in great quantities or with force water spurted from the garden hose just as I was checking the nozzle

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2
as in erupted
to throw out or off (something from within) often violently the pipe suddenly cracked and began spurting water

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Recent Examples of spurted Someone spurted hair spray on Tate McRae’s long locks. — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 14 May 2026 Oil prices spurted higher early this week on worries that the war will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed for a long time. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 Keep an eye out for the coton de tulear, which spurted from 92nd in 2024 to 79th last year. — Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026 By the time Journalism and jockey Umberto Rispoli began passing other horses and taking aim at Fierceness with the rally that had won him the Santa Anita Derby, Preakness and Haskell Stakes, the leader had spurted clear by 2-1/2 lengths turning into the homestretch. — Kevin Modesti, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025 The supporters’ handheld smoke bombs spurted plumes of royal blue, the apparatus and color foreign to the home stadium of the orange and black Giants. — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spurted
  1. poured
  2. erupted
  3. rushed
  4. ejected
  5. spit
  6. expelled
  7. belched
  8. spewed
Verb
  • Ballmer poured billions into the team, including paying for its new arena, which opened in Inglewood in 2024 and was used as the site of the NBA All-Star Game in February.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The Illusion Of 'Clean' Data Over the past decade, companies have poured enormous effort into data quality, governance frameworks, master data initiatives and cloud migrations.
    — Kevin Campbell, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of poured
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  • Chaos erupted in the backfield on nearly every clear passing down for Mayfield, none larger than the final sack-fumble of the day by Mafe.
    — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
  • The exchange is the latest chapter in a public disagreement that erupted after Clancy's trial, when Reddington publicly criticized the lone holdout juror who prevented a unanimous verdict on murder charges.
    — Brittany Miller , Bryan Llenas, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of erupted
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  • That was answered in a lopsided win over North Texas, when Grant Wilson checked in and rushed for a 43-yard touchdown.
    — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • He was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, per NBC 5 Chicago.
    — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of rushed
Verb
  • Oli Marmol was later ejected after sticking up for Rincon, who was making his MLB debut.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Marmol then came out of the dugout to confront Eddings and was ejected during the Rockies’ five-run inning.
    — Michael Kelly, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of ejected
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  • The report said Evans first refused to give officers his name and then spit into one officer's face after being taken into custody.
    — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Director Arielko Kotzer effectively created an AI feedback loop to see what a combination of tools would spit out.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of spit
Verb
  • In fact, Israel built its future wagering that the Palestinians violently displaced and expelled in the Nakba would eventually move on, assimilate, forget the depravity that ripped them from their land.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • He was expelled from Prairie View A&M University in 1971 after protesting against the expulsion of the editor of the student newspaper.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of expelled
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  • For decades, Saarland’s foundries and furnaces belched black into the sky.
    — Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2026
  • The rare isotope is mostly locked away deep within our world’s innards, but vanishingly small quantities are belched out in volcanic eruptions and through natural gas pipelines.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
Definition of belched
Verb
  • As Kimbrel got set to face Marlins first baseman Kyle Stowers, the right-hander crouched near the mound as liquid spewed from his mouth before the broadcast camera cut away.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Earth’s moon—which also has the advantage of being 50 percent larger than Pluto and of having volcanoes that once spewed actual lava instead of mere water—fully deserves planethood by these very same metrics.
    — Mike Brown, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2026
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“Spurted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spurted. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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