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to spurting

3.9
To force liquid out quickly in a narrow stream, like blood or water
  • verb
  • /ˈspɜrtɪŋ/
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  • The water began spurting from the broken pipe, soaking the nearby ground.

Examples

  • OK, I'll put the wheel back on and lowered the car and I bounced the back here and I heard it spurts and look, I can see green fluid in here mixed in with the oil.

  • I swear I used this stuff recently, but it came like spurting out at me.

  • You know the topic where it like, spurts out a little bit.

  • The gestures of space soaring, sinking, streaming, whirling, the gestures of light flowing or spurting through colour.

  • Blood was spurting from the wound, prompting the medic to apply pressure quickly.

  • As the soda bottle was opened, it started spurting foam all over the table.

Synonyms

to gush
vsto spurting
26 3.2

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

is usually a narrow focused stream rather than a large pouring flow
to eject
vsto spurting
20 4.1

Push a liquid or other substance out of something

is normally a narrow sudden stream rather than general expulsion
to spout
vsto spurting
9 3.7

To flow out quickly and forcefully in a strong stream

is usually more narrowly focused rather than broad flow
to spurt
vsto spurting
7 3.1

To come out suddenly in a strong stream

is about sudden force rather than sustained flow
to jet
vsto spurting
3 3.0

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

is sudden and forceful but not always as sharply projected
jetting
vsto spurting
5.2

A liquid that shoots out in a strong narrow stream

is forceful and sudden but less about violent propulsion
to spirt
vsto spurting
  • Archaic
9.0

To send out a sudden thin stream of liquid

is similar but usually less sharp or thin in projection
to squirting
vsto spurting
3.7

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

is generally stronger and more violently propelled than that action
gushing
vsto spurting
4.1

Flowing out quickly and in large amounts

is a sudden narrow stream rather than a broad pouring action

Antonyms

to contain
388 3.5

To keep something dangerous from spreading or getting worse

to absorb
217 3.0

To take in things such as liquid, light, or information

How Forceful

jetting
5.2
gushing
4.1
to spurting
3.9
flowing
1 3.7
to leak
212 1.0
dripping
1 1.0

Surface Forms

spurt infinitive
spurted past
spurted past participle
spurting present participle
spurts third person singular

Morphology

spurting = spurt (transparent) = spurt + ing

Formed by adding the productive verbal suffix '-ing' to the verb 'spurt'; the meaning is directly predictable from the base verb.

Etymology

Spurting probably comes from a word that copies the sound of a quick burst of liquid, the same idea behind the short word spurt. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine a broken tap 'spouting' water in a narrow, powerful jet, so that's why spurting means liquid forced out suddenly and strongly.