to spurt

Examples

• All

• Krueger stumbles back in astonishment as green goo spurts out of the stump.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Water began to spurt from the broken pipe, soaking everything nearby.

• If the juices spurt out, it's a big mess.

  Munich (2005)

• That hot butter is gonna come spurting out.

  Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012)

• If you put if you put water in this and it spurts out here, Is it a steamer can?

• I bite, and its juice spurts onto my cheeks, lips, and hands.

  Fiction book (2000)

• In the marble fountain, water spurted from the navel of a satyr.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The cord severed in two thick snips and then began spurting blood.

  Fiction book (2001)

• During the volcano's eruption, lava would often spurt into the air with great force.

Synonyms

B

to burst

vsto spurt

115 1.9

Enter or appear suddenly with energy

is only about fluids coming out suddenly in a narrow focused jet

S

to spew

vsto spurt

102 5.1

To send out large amounts of something suddenly, like water or smoke

refers to a sudden narrow stream rather than broad uncontrolled discharge

G

to gush

vsto spurt

26 3.2

To flow out suddenly and forcefully, like blood from a wound

focuses on sudden narrow stream rather than on large volume

S

to spout

vsto spurt

9 3.7

To flow out quickly and forcefully in a strong stream

is the same sudden forceful stream but not specially about fluids

B

to burst forth

vsto spurt

5 5.4

Suddenly start to happen with a lot of energy

applies specifically to fluids coming out suddenly in a narrow stream

J

to jet

vsto spurt

3 3.0

To come out in a narrow strong stream of liquid or gas

focuses on sudden short burst rather than a steady projection

S

to spirt

vsto spurt

• Archaic

9.0

To send out a sudden thin stream of liquid

also covers gases as well as liquids when coming out suddenly

S

to spurting

vsto spurt

3.9

To force liquid out quickly in a narrow stream, like blood or water

refers to the same sudden forceful action as a single event rather than ongoing

G

gushing

vsto spurt

4.1

Flowing out quickly and in large amounts

is about a sudden narrow burst rather than continuous large flow

S

to squirting

vsto spurt

3.7

To come out in a thin fast stream, like water from a bottle

denotes a more forceful sudden narrow burst rather than mild streaming

J

jetting

vsto spurt

5.2

A liquid that shoots out in a strong narrow stream

describes a sudden short burst rather than violent continuous propulsion

How Forceful

blast

37 3.3

to jet

3 3.0

to spurt

7 3.1

to flow

259 1.6

to leak

212 1.0

to seep

82 2.7

to drip

171 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology