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
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2
as in erupting
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 spurting
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.
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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
Once opened, check for foul odors, cloudiness, or spurting liquid when opening.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2025
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
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
Once opened, check for foul odors, cloudiness, or spurting liquid when opening.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spurting
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The broom goes rogue, continually pouring buckets of water into an overflowing well.—
Bipul Sinha,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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The mock drafts have already started pouring in from national draft experts.—
Joseph Hoyt,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Jan. 2026
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In a separate clip shared online, another brawl can be seen erupting in a hallway near some exit doors.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Neuromodulation is necessary for keeping the brain’s activity level in a functional range, preventing it from either flatlining or erupting in seizures.—
Ingrid Wickelgren,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Jan. 2026
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With the most recent round of layoffs at Meta, plenty of online commenters have been rushing to declare virtual reality and the metaverse dead.—
Cortney Harding,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Video footage verified by The New York Times shows a member of staff rushing to an entrance to the consulate, where an agent appears to have opened the door.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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The other imaged nova, V1405 Cassiopeiae, seemed to unfold in spectacular slow motion, taking more than fifty days before finally ejecting all of its exploded material.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
21 Jan. 2026
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Protostars are messy and dynamic, gulping down material in spurts and fits and ejecting powerful outflows of wind and jets that punch into the surrounding clouds.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Ahead, find our list of the 16 best crime films currently streaming on Netflix.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Jan. 2026
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In addition to streaming on Peacock, the show will air on 120 iHeart stations across the country and on the iHeartRadio app.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
28 Jan. 2026
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The video shows Pretti spitting at an SUV full of agents then kicking the vehicle, breaking a rear tail light lens.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
31 Jan. 2026
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Strip off the hard outer skin and chew the woody pith, extracting its sweetness before spitting it out.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
30 Jan. 2026
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Wheatley made her offer before he’d even succeeded in expelling the British from Boston.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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In August, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Iran of directing at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia, expelling the Iranian ambassador to Canberra in response.—
Jackie Zhou,
NBC news,
16 Dec. 2025
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These stand out amid the otherwise adequate effects, which simply get the spurting, spewing job done.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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Today, a Luddite is your grandparent who keeps looking at the screen rather than the camera when on Zoom, the Boomer who types in all-capital letters, the grouchy man who refuses to get a smart phone, the professor spewing invective against Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Spurting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spurting. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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