spurt
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3.2
- noun
- /spɜrt/
- The young star experienced an unexpected growth spurt.
- growth spurt
- a short spurt
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I was going through like amazing growth spurts and I was tired.
- And I was going through like amazing growth spurts and I was tired.
- We've had some little spurts of good things that happened.
- So we're going to exhale in spurts.
- And that will provide new avenues of direction which will create new spurts of growth.
- So it's a big spurt of growth hormone that can do things that little spurts can't do.
- If you think of the way progress in one technology goes, it goes in a sort of spurt, it goes up very fast and then it levels off.
- Mexican companies have been reluctant to borrow and make the needed investments that could help turn a growth spurt into something more enduring.
- Now, a lot of kids will go through growth spurts and they'll sleep all the time and then they'll not sleep.
- Through the centuries there have been spurts of creativity, certainly the Renaissance, the Romantics and anomalies, always.
- We all go through growth spurts at different ages.
- Some of them were like skinny just had a, you know, a growth spurt.
- Well, I mean, just truth of the matter is, is that I like doing stand up in spurts.
Examples
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There was a sudden spurt of excitement when the team scored the winning goal.
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After weeks of training, the athlete experienced a noticeable spurt of speed during the final race.
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Maybe you get lucky and have a growth spurt.
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I was long overdue for a growth spurt.
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Hey Yang, looks like you had a growth spurt.
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Robert was going through a normal growth spurt, filling out, becoming more muscular; his voice was deeper too.
Fiction book (1997) -
It appears the fetus has had a growth spurt since our last checkup.
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During the meeting, we saw a spurt of ideas that led to a productive brainstorming session.
Synonyms
365
1.8
A sudden strong movement or flow caused by urgency and excitement
180
4.2
A sudden big rise in amount or number
109
3.9
A sudden short feeling or idea that comes quickly
66
3.0
A sudden large increase in the number or amount of something
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3.8
A sudden hard movement that shocks or surprises you
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3.6
A short busy time when many people do things quickly
1
9.5
A short sudden jet of liquid
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8.5
A sudden strong movement or increase
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Etymology
Spurt probably comes from an old sound word that copies a quick burst and is like spout, so a spurt can mean a short, sudden 'burst' of activity, speed, or growth.