SPURTING Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

spurting

verb

present participle of spurt

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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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 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 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 Visitors flit between the monumental swimming pool crowned with a glass roof, the thermal pools surrounded by regal lion heads spurting water and walls of Zsolnay porcelain tiles, and the pummeling outdoor wave pool that opens at the end of May every year. — Alia Akkam, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2024

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China, Russia and the US are pouring more than $200 billion into such efforts, putting hundreds of satellites in orbit over the last half-decade and testing weapons on Earth and in space.

— Gerry Doyle, Fortune, 13 July 2026
Tributes have been pouring in since the death of Sam Neill, beloved star of Jurassic Park, The Piano, Peaky Blinders, and more.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2026

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Lettuce and salad greens have become the prime suspects in an explosive outbreak of the diarrheal parasite Cyclospora, which is surging nationwide but erupting to extraordinary heights in Michigan.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
Yet, despite the fact that supernovas have been erupting every second over the course of 13 billion years or so to produce the neutrinos that accumulate as the DSNB, this ghostly signal is still faint, a whisper rather than a shout.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 July 2026

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His design for Fallingwater therefore suspends the architecture above the fall itself, filling the home constantly with the powerful sound of rushing water.

— Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026
There’s nothing like it—the sun shining, a warm breeze tussling your hair, waves rushing onto the shore, and breathing in the fresh, salty air.

— Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 14 July 2026

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Based on witness statements, a jet ski allegedly struck a wake, ejecting the operator into the water, according to DEEP officials.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
SpaceX uses a different approach on Starship, with Starlinks riding inside the vehicle’s fuselage, then ejecting through a small door on the side like a Pez dispenser.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026

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After that, professionally athletic men and professionally beautiful women kept streaming out until there were 40 or 50 of each.

— Max Marshall, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026
Two additional titles from the pair’s Mythical Entertainment production arm, Mythical Kitchen and Last Meals, will also soon begin streaming on Netflix.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 15 July 2026

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And then there were watermelon-eating and seed-spitting contests and old fashioned sack races.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026
Some three hours into the four-hour drive, the road plunged into a dizzying scribble of hairpin bends, eventually spitting us out into the Colca Valley, where, at the end of 2023, Andean pitched up Puqio.

— Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026

Definition of spitting

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The three-wheelers are a far cry from the old-timers that only a year ago cruised the streets spewing clouds of black smoke.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Warehouses soon moved in to the area and have been spewing gases into the adjacent neighborhoods ever since.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

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