Synonyms of spurting

spurting

verb

present participle of spurt

1

as in pouring

to flow out in great quantities or with force

water spurted from the garden hose just as I was checking the nozzle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pouring
• rushing
• streaming
• gushing
• squirting
• spewing
• spouting
• splashing
• rolling
• jetting
• swooshing
• running
• flushing
• washing
• surging
• flooding
• cascading
• issuing
• sloshing
• swelling
• drowning
• sluicing
• overflowing
• plashing
• engulfing
• inundating
• fountaining
• submerging
• swamping
• overwhelming
• deluging
• submersing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dripping
• dropping
• trickling
• dribbling
• bleeding
• sprinkling
• leaking
• weeping
• straining
• oozing
• seeping
• percolating
• spattering
• exuding

2

as in erupting

to throw out or off (something from within) often violently

the pipe suddenly cracked and began spurting water

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erupting
• ejecting
• spitting
• expelling
• spewing
• pouring
• belching
• spouting
• emitting
• firing
• disgorging
• jetting
• releasing
• squirting
• streaming
• hurling
• gushing
• surging
• eructing
• emanating
• heaving
• exhaling
• issuing
• springing
• tossing
• flinging
• shooting
• venting
• launching
• discharging
• casting
• pitching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• containing
• restraining
• shutting (in or up)
• bottling (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spurting

People in Crystal Lake are constantly being dispatched in ways that offer the most shredded flesh, spurting blood and oozing viscera possible. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026

The demonstration video posted on X shows a clear liquid spurting all over the ground, which Tesla confirmed was glycol, a type of cooling agent used to cool its Supercharger cables. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026

However, Ormund is sickened by the blood spurting in his eyes, and Roddy turns the tables, using his remaining hand to stick a knife well into Ormund's backside. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Once opened, check for foul odors, cloudiness, or spurting liquid when opening. — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 13 July 2026

The peonies in my yard were blooming, spurting really. — Maria Zorn, Longreads, 24 Feb. 2026

Ultimately, all the statues end up in place, the fountain starts spurting red water like the Kool-Aid Man had been stabbed, and their prize pot grows to $106,000. — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026

The first half of Tarantino’s epic action-movie mixtape Kill Bill is both ultra-stylish and ultra-violent, qualities that blend to create a kinetic blur of flashing blades and spurting arteries. — Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026

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