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n. [ Cf. Icel. sprettr a spurt, spring, run, spretta to spirt, spring. ] A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space. [ 1913 Webster ]

The long, steady sweep of the so-called “paddle” tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt. T. Hughes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Spurted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spurting. ] To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A sudden or violent ejection or gushing of a liquid, as of water from a tube, orifice, or other confined place, or of blood from a wound; a jet; a spirt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A shoot; a bud. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spurt grass (Bot.), a rush fit for basket work. Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]