Definition of spurt in English:

spurt

verb spəːtspərt

1no object, with adverbial of direction Gush out in a sudden and forceful stream.
喷出
he cut his finger, and blood spurted over the sliced potatoes
他割破了手指，血喷到切好了的马铃薯片上。
Example sentencesExamples
- Blood started to spurt out of the wound, and I held my hand to my chest to stop the blood.
- The bullets slammed into Kessler's arm and chest, sending the gun flying one way and the man the other way, blood spurting from the bullet holes as he went spinning through the air.
- The man yelled in pain as blood spurted out of his wound.
- By 8.40 am, water was spurting out of the hole at a rate of 200 litres a second.
- Witnesses saw blood spurting from the wound as she ran to them for help.
- As the fire swept over the car the fuel tank began to boil and a six metre jet of flames spurted out of the back of the car.
- A stream of blood spurted out of his nose.
- A warm stream of water spurted out and hit me square in the face.
- There was an almighty clank inside the mixer unit and boiling hot water started spurting out the sides and over the edge of the bath onto the floor.
- He stood clutching his neck, blood spurting out in pumps, a look of shock upon his face.
- When an emergency arises, a pipe bursts and hot water spurts from underneath the cabin, she grabs her child and goes to look for help.
- The stream of water that spurted from the hose did less to douse the fire than it did to fan the flames with its accompanying rush of air.
Synonyms
squirt, shoot, spray, fountain, jet, erupt
gush, pour, stream, rush, pump, surge, spew, spill, flow, course, well, spring, burst, issue, emanate
disgorge, discharge, emit, belch forth, expel, eject
British informal sloosh
1. 1.1with object and adverbial of direction Cause to gush out suddenly.
  使喷射
  the kettle boiled and spurted scalding water
  水开了，滚烫的水喷得到处都是。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The pipe in Christ Church Road, Epsom, first burst on Thursday, September 4, and started spurting water over the Khaldi family's drive.
  Tiffindell gets a sprinkling of snow each year, but relies largely on snow machines, which spurt out a steady stream of snow over their single 500-metre slope during winter.
  They were drenched with cold water when holes in the walls of the bathroom facilities unexpectedly began to spurt water when someone switched on the water main.
  Families come carrying picnic baskets, couples stroll holding hands, mothers push babies in prams, some people simply watch birds and others stand to marvel at the fountain spurting water.
  The lake's remarkable centerpiece is a massive, yet elegant fountain that spurts water as high as 36 feet into the air.
  Then the pipes started to shudder, the faucet spurting dirty water into the soap-filled sink.
2no object, with adverbial of direction Move with a sudden burst of speed.
突然加速行动
the other car had spurted to the top of the ramp
另一辆车已突然加速冲到坡道的顶端了。
Example sentencesExamples
- As further finds suggested Cairn had stumbled on almost a billion barrels of oil, the company's shares spurted from about £3 to £15.
- On entering Henry Street, the car's engine revs, it spurts forward and the driver appears to lose control momentarily.
- Year-on-year growth in output per worker spurted to 2.9 % in the second quarter.
- Net profit of these four banks spurted by 77% to Rs 436 crore.

noun spəːtspərt

1A sudden gushing stream.
喷射流
a sudden spurt of blood gushed into her eyes
一股血喷进她的眼里。
Example sentencesExamples
- I could see clearly the spurt of blood that gushed out on to his ear and dripped down his cheek.
- She choked, coughing up thin spurts of blood.
- As her boyfriend's lifeless body slumps down from the chair onto the floor, spurts of blood splash all over Alice's face and body, staining them red.
- Suddenly, there was a flash of metal, a spurt of blood, and a scream.
- The medical lexicon distinguishes orgasm from ejaculation; the latter term specifically describes a sudden spurt of fluid released in response to sexual excitement.
- What seemed like a shower of bullets ripped into the woman's body, sending spurts of crimson blood gushing out at every direct hit.
- A sudden spurt of blood erupted from my nose, covering my white T-shirt in blood.
- As the machine kneads a heaving mass of cheese, it gives off spurts of milk and a steady stream of warm, buttery cream.
Synonyms
squirt, spray, fountain, jet, spout
gush, outpouring, stream, rush, surge, burst, spill, flow, flood, cascade, torrent
2A sudden marked burst or increase of activity or speed.
突然爆发；突然激增
late in the race he put on a spurt and reached second place
在比赛的末段他突然加速并取得了第二名的成绩。
a growth spurt
迅速生长（或增长）。
Example sentencesExamples
- Thus, a sudden evolutionary spurt is always subsumed within the overall processes of evolution, which are for the most part gradual.
- Warmer weather and promises of tax cuts from the major political parties have generated a renewed spurt of activity in the Western Bay residential property market.
- Growth spurts and increased eating are normal between two and four months of age.
- Revenue growth will clearly increase in the second half, thanks to a spurt in consumer demand.
- During adolescence, it is natural to gain weight as you prepare for puberty or a sudden growth spurt.
- Many autistic children seem to go through developmental spurts between ages 5 and 13.
- Sometimes children appear to plateau out and make very little progress for many months then they make a sudden spurt or they may progress normally in one subject and struggle with another.
- The company enjoyed a growth spurt between 1995 and 1998 when its turnover almost doubled to €1m.
- Property development in the area has had a spurt in growth and so too have property prices.
- The sudden spurt in alcohol consumption during the festive season is a disturbing trend.
- And since children experience frequent growth spurts, they need to eat more, drink more, and breathe more, proportionately, than adults do.
- The abolition of all taxes on production and exchange, he held, would result in a tremendous spurt of economic activity.
- Interval training alternates repeated spurts of intensive activity with timed spans of slower periods of the same activity.
- The spurt in manufacturing growth stalled in the last quarter after a strong upturn in the previous six months.
- Having seen off his pursuer, Turvey put on a spurt in the second half of the contest and set the race's fastest lap as he closed in on leaders Matt Howson and Sam Bird.
- However, after an initial spurt of action, nothing else really happened.
- Development may come in sudden spurts followed by centuries without change.
- Personal computers were about to revolutionize the business world, and the tech industry was beginning its phenomenal growth spurt.
- At 30 km he and Australia's Nathan Deakes put on a spurt and opened up a 50m gap.
- Well, after an initial upward spurt the shares have in fact shed 97% of their value.
Synonyms
burst of speed, turn of speed, increase of speed, burst of energy, sprint, rush

Origin

Mid 16th century: of unknown origin.

flirt from mid 16th century:
Like words such as biff (mid 19th century), bounce (early 16th century), flick [see fillip], and spurt (late 16th century), and many others often sharing the same sounds, flirt apparently arose because it somehow ‘sounded right’ to convey the idea it represented. In the case of flirt the elements fl- and -irt probably suggest sudden movement—the original verb senses were ‘to give someone a sharp blow’, ‘to move or propel suddenly’, and ‘to sneer at’. As a noun it first meant ‘joke, gibe’, and ‘flighty girl’, with a notion originally of cheekiness rather than of playfully amorous behaviour.

Rhymes

advert, alert, animadvert, assert, avert, Bert, blurt, Burt, cert, chert, concert, controvert, convert, curt, desert, dessert, dirt, divert, exert, flirt, girt, hurt, inert, insert, introvert, Kurt, malapert, overt, pert, quirt, shirt, skirt, spirt, squirt, Sturt, subvert, vert, wort, yurt

Definition of spurt in US English:

spurt

verbspərtspərt

[no object]

1Gush out in a sudden and forceful stream.
喷出
he cut his finger, and blood spurted over the sliced potatoes
他割破了手指，血喷到切好了的马铃薯片上。
Example sentencesExamples
- When an emergency arises, a pipe bursts and hot water spurts from underneath the cabin, she grabs her child and goes to look for help.
- As the fire swept over the car the fuel tank began to boil and a six metre jet of flames spurted out of the back of the car.
- A stream of blood spurted out of his nose.
- The man yelled in pain as blood spurted out of his wound.
- A warm stream of water spurted out and hit me square in the face.
- There was an almighty clank inside the mixer unit and boiling hot water started spurting out the sides and over the edge of the bath onto the floor.
- He stood clutching his neck, blood spurting out in pumps, a look of shock upon his face.
- The stream of water that spurted from the hose did less to douse the fire than it did to fan the flames with its accompanying rush of air.
- Witnesses saw blood spurting from the wound as she ran to them for help.
- By 8.40 am, water was spurting out of the hole at a rate of 200 litres a second.
- Blood started to spurt out of the wound, and I held my hand to my chest to stop the blood.
- The bullets slammed into Kessler's arm and chest, sending the gun flying one way and the man the other way, blood spurting from the bullet holes as he went spinning through the air.
Synonyms
squirt, shoot, spray, fountain, jet, erupt
1. 1.1with object Cause to gush out suddenly.
  使喷射
  the kettle boiled and spurted scalding water everywhere
  水开了，滚烫的水喷得到处都是。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The lake's remarkable centerpiece is a massive, yet elegant fountain that spurts water as high as 36 feet into the air.
  The pipe in Christ Church Road, Epsom, first burst on Thursday, September 4, and started spurting water over the Khaldi family's drive.
  Then the pipes started to shudder, the faucet spurting dirty water into the soap-filled sink.
  Tiffindell gets a sprinkling of snow each year, but relies largely on snow machines, which spurt out a steady stream of snow over their single 500-metre slope during winter.
  Families come carrying picnic baskets, couples stroll holding hands, mothers push babies in prams, some people simply watch birds and others stand to marvel at the fountain spurting water.
  They were drenched with cold water when holes in the walls of the bathroom facilities unexpectedly began to spurt water when someone switched on the water main.
2. 1.2 Move with a sudden burst of speed.
  突然加速行动
  the other car had spurted to the top of the ramp
  另一辆车已突然加速冲到坡道的顶端了。
  figurative automobile sales spurted 2.1 percent in May
  Example sentencesExamples
  Year-on-year growth in output per worker spurted to 2.9 % in the second quarter.
  On entering Henry Street, the car's engine revs, it spurts forward and the driver appears to lose control momentarily.
  Net profit of these four banks spurted by 77% to Rs 436 crore.
  As further finds suggested Cairn had stumbled on almost a billion barrels of oil, the company's shares spurted from about £3 to £15.

nounspərtspərt

1A sudden gushing stream.
喷射流
a sudden spurt of blood gushed into her eyes
一股血喷进她的眼里。
Example sentencesExamples
- I could see clearly the spurt of blood that gushed out on to his ear and dripped down his cheek.
- As her boyfriend's lifeless body slumps down from the chair onto the floor, spurts of blood splash all over Alice's face and body, staining them red.
- The medical lexicon distinguishes orgasm from ejaculation; the latter term specifically describes a sudden spurt of fluid released in response to sexual excitement.
- As the machine kneads a heaving mass of cheese, it gives off spurts of milk and a steady stream of warm, buttery cream.
- She choked, coughing up thin spurts of blood.
- A sudden spurt of blood erupted from my nose, covering my white T-shirt in blood.
- What seemed like a shower of bullets ripped into the woman's body, sending spurts of crimson blood gushing out at every direct hit.
- Suddenly, there was a flash of metal, a spurt of blood, and a scream.
Synonyms
squirt, spray, fountain, jet, spout
1. 1.1 A sudden marked burst or increase of activity or speed.
  突然爆发；突然激增
  late in the race he put on a spurt and reached second place
  在比赛的末段他突然加速并取得了第二名的成绩。
  a growth spurt
  迅速生长（或增长）。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Revenue growth will clearly increase in the second half, thanks to a spurt in consumer demand.
  And since children experience frequent growth spurts, they need to eat more, drink more, and breathe more, proportionately, than adults do.
  Having seen off his pursuer, Turvey put on a spurt in the second half of the contest and set the race's fastest lap as he closed in on leaders Matt Howson and Sam Bird.
  Many autistic children seem to go through developmental spurts between ages 5 and 13.
  However, after an initial spurt of action, nothing else really happened.
  The company enjoyed a growth spurt between 1995 and 1998 when its turnover almost doubled to €1m.
  Sometimes children appear to plateau out and make very little progress for many months then they make a sudden spurt or they may progress normally in one subject and struggle with another.
  Thus, a sudden evolutionary spurt is always subsumed within the overall processes of evolution, which are for the most part gradual.
  The sudden spurt in alcohol consumption during the festive season is a disturbing trend.
  Interval training alternates repeated spurts of intensive activity with timed spans of slower periods of the same activity.
  Personal computers were about to revolutionize the business world, and the tech industry was beginning its phenomenal growth spurt.
  Development may come in sudden spurts followed by centuries without change.
  Growth spurts and increased eating are normal between two and four months of age.
  At 30 km he and Australia's Nathan Deakes put on a spurt and opened up a 50m gap.
  The abolition of all taxes on production and exchange, he held, would result in a tremendous spurt of economic activity.
  The spurt in manufacturing growth stalled in the last quarter after a strong upturn in the previous six months.
  Well, after an initial upward spurt the shares have in fact shed 97% of their value.
  During adolescence, it is natural to gain weight as you prepare for puberty or a sudden growth spurt.
  Property development in the area has had a spurt in growth and so too have property prices.
  Warmer weather and promises of tax cuts from the major political parties have generated a renewed spurt of activity in the Western Bay residential property market.
  Synonyms
  burst of speed, turn of speed, increase of speed, burst of energy, sprint, rush

Origin

Mid 16th century: of unknown origin.

词汇	spurt
释义	Definition of spurt in English: spurt verb spəːtspərt 1no object, with adverbial of direction Gush out in a sudden and forceful stream. 喷出 he cut his finger, and blood spurted over the sliced potatoes 他割破了手指，血喷到切好了的马铃薯片上。 Example sentencesExamples Blood started to spurt out of the wound, and I held my hand to my chest to stop the blood. The bullets slammed into Kessler's arm and chest, sending the gun flying one way and the man the other way, blood spurting from the bullet holes as he went spinning through the air. The man yelled in pain as blood spurted out of his wound. By 8.40 am, water was spurting out of the hole at a rate of 200 litres a second. Witnesses saw blood spurting from the wound as she ran to them for help. As the fire swept over the car the fuel tank began to boil and a six metre jet of flames spurted out of the back of the car. A stream of blood spurted out of his nose. A warm stream of water spurted out and hit me square in the face. There was an almighty clank inside the mixer unit and boiling hot water started spurting out the sides and over the edge of the bath onto the floor. He stood clutching his neck, blood spurting out in pumps, a look of shock upon his face. When an emergency arises, a pipe bursts and hot water spurts from underneath the cabin, she grabs her child and goes to look for help. The stream of water that spurted from the hose did less to douse the fire than it did to fan the flames with its accompanying rush of air. Synonyms squirt, shoot, spray, fountain, jet, erupt gush, pour, stream, rush, pump, surge, spew, spill, flow, course, well, spring, burst, issue, emanate disgorge, discharge, emit, belch forth, expel, eject British informal sloosh 1.1with object and adverbial of direction Cause to gush out suddenly. 使喷射 the kettle boiled and spurted scalding water 水开了，滚烫的水喷得到处都是。 Example sentencesExamples The pipe in Christ Church Road, Epsom, first burst on Thursday, September 4, and started spurting water over the Khaldi family's drive. Tiffindell gets a sprinkling of snow each year, but relies largely on snow machines, which spurt out a steady stream of snow over their single 500-metre slope during winter. They were drenched with cold water when holes in the walls of the bathroom facilities unexpectedly began to spurt water when someone switched on the water main. Families come carrying picnic baskets, couples stroll holding hands, mothers push babies in prams, some people simply watch birds and others stand to marvel at the fountain spurting water. The lake's remarkable centerpiece is a massive, yet elegant fountain that spurts water as high as 36 feet into the air. Then the pipes started to shudder, the faucet spurting dirty water into the soap-filled sink. 2no object, with adverbial of direction Move with a sudden burst of speed. 突然加速行动 the other car had spurted to the top of the ramp 另一辆车已突然加速冲到坡道的顶端了。 Example sentencesExamples As further finds suggested Cairn had stumbled on almost a billion barrels of oil, the company's shares spurted from about £3 to £15. On entering Henry Street, the car's engine revs, it spurts forward and the driver appears to lose control momentarily. Year-on-year growth in output per worker spurted to 2.9 % in the second quarter. Net profit of these four banks spurted by 77% to Rs 436 crore. noun spəːtspərt 1A sudden gushing stream. 喷射流 a sudden spurt of blood gushed into her eyes 一股血喷进她的眼里。 Example sentencesExamples I could see clearly the spurt of blood that gushed out on to his ear and dripped down his cheek. She choked, coughing up thin spurts of blood. As her boyfriend's lifeless body slumps down from the chair onto the floor, spurts of blood splash all over Alice's face and body, staining them red. Suddenly, there was a flash of metal, a spurt of blood, and a scream. The medical lexicon distinguishes orgasm from ejaculation; the latter term specifically describes a sudden spurt of fluid released in response to sexual excitement. What seemed like a shower of bullets ripped into the woman's body, sending spurts of crimson blood gushing out at every direct hit. A sudden spurt of blood erupted from my nose, covering my white T-shirt in blood. As the machine kneads a heaving mass of cheese, it gives off spurts of milk and a steady stream of warm, buttery cream. Synonyms squirt, spray, fountain, jet, spout gush, outpouring, stream, rush, surge, burst, spill, flow, flood, cascade, torrent 2A sudden marked burst or increase of activity or speed. 突然爆发；突然激增 late in the race he put on a spurt and reached second place 在比赛的末段他突然加速并取得了第二名的成绩。 a growth spurt 迅速生长（或增长）。 Example sentencesExamples Thus, a sudden evolutionary spurt is always subsumed within the overall processes of evolution, which are for the most part gradual. Warmer weather and promises of tax cuts from the major political parties have generated a renewed spurt of activity in the Western Bay residential property market. Growth spurts and increased eating are normal between two and four months of age. Revenue growth will clearly increase in the second half, thanks to a spurt in consumer demand. During adolescence, it is natural to gain weight as you prepare for puberty or a sudden growth spurt. Many autistic children seem to go through developmental spurts between ages 5 and 13. Sometimes children appear to plateau out and make very little progress for many months then they make a sudden spurt or they may progress normally in one subject and struggle with another. The company enjoyed a growth spurt between 1995 and 1998 when its turnover almost doubled to €1m. Property development in the area has had a spurt in growth and so too have property prices. The sudden spurt in alcohol consumption during the festive season is a disturbing trend. And since children experience frequent growth spurts, they need to eat more, drink more, and breathe more, proportionately, than adults do. The abolition of all taxes on production and exchange, he held, would result in a tremendous spurt of economic activity. Interval training alternates repeated spurts of intensive activity with timed spans of slower periods of the same activity. The spurt in manufacturing growth stalled in the last quarter after a strong upturn in the previous six months. Having seen off his pursuer, Turvey put on a spurt in the second half of the contest and set the race's fastest lap as he closed in on leaders Matt Howson and Sam Bird. However, after an initial spurt of action, nothing else really happened. Development may come in sudden spurts followed by centuries without change. Personal computers were about to revolutionize the business world, and the tech industry was beginning its phenomenal growth spurt. At 30 km he and Australia's Nathan Deakes put on a spurt and opened up a 50m gap. Well, after an initial upward spurt the shares have in fact shed 97% of their value. Synonyms burst of speed, turn of speed, increase of speed, burst of energy, sprint, rush Origin Mid 16th century: of unknown origin. flirt from mid 16th century: Like words such as biff (mid 19th century), bounce (early 16th century), flick [see fillip], and spurt (late 16th century), and many others often sharing the same sounds, flirt apparently arose because it somehow ‘sounded right’ to convey the idea it represented. In the case of flirt the elements fl- and -irt probably suggest sudden movement—the original verb senses were ‘to give someone a sharp blow’, ‘to move or propel suddenly’, and ‘to sneer at’. As a noun it first meant ‘joke, gibe’, and ‘flighty girl’, with a notion originally of cheekiness rather than of playfully amorous behaviour. Rhymes advert, alert, animadvert, assert, avert, Bert, blurt, Burt, cert, chert, concert, controvert, convert, curt, desert, dessert, dirt, divert, exert, flirt, girt, hurt, inert, insert, introvert, Kurt, malapert, overt, pert, quirt, shirt, skirt, spirt, squirt, Sturt, subvert, vert, wort, yurt Definition of spurt in US English: spurt verbspərtspərt [no object] 1Gush out in a sudden and forceful stream. 喷出 he cut his finger, and blood spurted over the sliced potatoes 他割破了手指，血喷到切好了的马铃薯片上。 Example sentencesExamples When an emergency arises, a pipe bursts and hot water spurts from underneath the cabin, she grabs her child and goes to look for help. As the fire swept over the car the fuel tank began to boil and a six metre jet of flames spurted out of the back of the car. A stream of blood spurted out of his nose. The man yelled in pain as blood spurted out of his wound. A warm stream of water spurted out and hit me square in the face. There was an almighty clank inside the mixer unit and boiling hot water started spurting out the sides and over the edge of the bath onto the floor. He stood clutching his neck, blood spurting out in pumps, a look of shock upon his face. The stream of water that spurted from the hose did less to douse the fire than it did to fan the flames with its accompanying rush of air. Witnesses saw blood spurting from the wound as she ran to them for help. By 8.40 am, water was spurting out of the hole at a rate of 200 litres a second. Blood started to spurt out of the wound, and I held my hand to my chest to stop the blood. The bullets slammed into Kessler's arm and chest, sending the gun flying one way and the man the other way, blood spurting from the bullet holes as he went spinning through the air. Synonyms squirt, shoot, spray, fountain, jet, erupt 1.1with object Cause to gush out suddenly. 使喷射 the kettle boiled and spurted scalding water everywhere 水开了，滚烫的水喷得到处都是。 Example sentencesExamples The lake's remarkable centerpiece is a massive, yet elegant fountain that spurts water as high as 36 feet into the air. The pipe in Christ Church Road, Epsom, first burst on Thursday, September 4, and started spurting water over the Khaldi family's drive. Then the pipes started to shudder, the faucet spurting dirty water into the soap-filled sink. Tiffindell gets a sprinkling of snow each year, but relies largely on snow machines, which spurt out a steady stream of snow over their single 500-metre slope during winter. Families come carrying picnic baskets, couples stroll holding hands, mothers push babies in prams, some people simply watch birds and others stand to marvel at the fountain spurting water. They were drenched with cold water when holes in the walls of the bathroom facilities unexpectedly began to spurt water when someone switched on the water main. 1.2 Move with a sudden burst of speed. 突然加速行动 the other car had spurted to the top of the ramp 另一辆车已突然加速冲到坡道的顶端了。 figurative automobile sales spurted 2.1 percent in May Example sentencesExamples Year-on-year growth in output per worker spurted to 2.9 % in the second quarter. On entering Henry Street, the car's engine revs, it spurts forward and the driver appears to lose control momentarily. Net profit of these four banks spurted by 77% to Rs 436 crore. As further finds suggested Cairn had stumbled on almost a billion barrels of oil, the company's shares spurted from about £3 to £15. nounspərtspərt 1A sudden gushing stream. 喷射流 a sudden spurt of blood gushed into her eyes 一股血喷进她的眼里。 Example sentencesExamples I could see clearly the spurt of blood that gushed out on to his ear and dripped down his cheek. As her boyfriend's lifeless body slumps down from the chair onto the floor, spurts of blood splash all over Alice's face and body, staining them red. The medical lexicon distinguishes orgasm from ejaculation; the latter term specifically describes a sudden spurt of fluid released in response to sexual excitement. As the machine kneads a heaving mass of cheese, it gives off spurts of milk and a steady stream of warm, buttery cream. She choked, coughing up thin spurts of blood. A sudden spurt of blood erupted from my nose, covering my white T-shirt in blood. What seemed like a shower of bullets ripped into the woman's body, sending spurts of crimson blood gushing out at every direct hit. Suddenly, there was a flash of metal, a spurt of blood, and a scream. Synonyms squirt, spray, fountain, jet, spout 1.1 A sudden marked burst or increase of activity or speed. 突然爆发；突然激增 late in the race he put on a spurt and reached second place 在比赛的末段他突然加速并取得了第二名的成绩。 a growth spurt 迅速生长（或增长）。 Example sentencesExamples Revenue growth will clearly increase in the second half, thanks to a spurt in consumer demand. And since children experience frequent growth spurts, they need to eat more, drink more, and breathe more, proportionately, than adults do. Having seen off his pursuer, Turvey put on a spurt in the second half of the contest and set the race's fastest lap as he closed in on leaders Matt Howson and Sam Bird. Many autistic children seem to go through developmental spurts between ages 5 and 13. However, after an initial spurt of action, nothing else really happened. The company enjoyed a growth spurt between 1995 and 1998 when its turnover almost doubled to €1m. Sometimes children appear to plateau out and make very little progress for many months then they make a sudden spurt or they may progress normally in one subject and struggle with another. Thus, a sudden evolutionary spurt is always subsumed within the overall processes of evolution, which are for the most part gradual. The sudden spurt in alcohol consumption during the festive season is a disturbing trend. Interval training alternates repeated spurts of intensive activity with timed spans of slower periods of the same activity. Personal computers were about to revolutionize the business world, and the tech industry was beginning its phenomenal growth spurt. Development may come in sudden spurts followed by centuries without change. Growth spurts and increased eating are normal between two and four months of age. At 30 km he and Australia's Nathan Deakes put on a spurt and opened up a 50m gap. The abolition of all taxes on production and exchange, he held, would result in a tremendous spurt of economic activity. The spurt in manufacturing growth stalled in the last quarter after a strong upturn in the previous six months. Well, after an initial upward spurt the shares have in fact shed 97% of their value. During adolescence, it is natural to gain weight as you prepare for puberty or a sudden growth spurt. Property development in the area has had a spurt in growth and so too have property prices. Warmer weather and promises of tax cuts from the major political parties have generated a renewed spurt of activity in the Western Bay residential property market. Synonyms burst of speed, turn of speed, increase of speed, burst of energy, sprint, rush Origin Mid 16th century: of unknown origin.
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