spurt1 verbspurt2 noun
spurtspurt1 /spɜːt $ spɜːrt/ verb 
Verb TableVERB TABLE
spurt
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | spurt |
| he, she, it | spurts | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | spurted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have spurted |
| he, she, it | has spurted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had spurted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will spurt |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have spurted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am spurting |
| he, she, it | is spurting | |
| you, we, they | are spurting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was spurting |
| you, we, they | were spurting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been spurting |
| he, she, it | has been spurting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been spurting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be spurting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been spurting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Oil from the spill spurted into the crystal waters of Prince William Sound.
- The knife hit an artery, and the wound spurted blood.
- The volcano spurted sulfur miles into the atmosphere.
- Water spurted from the burst pipe.
- But once the adrenalin spurts back into your system it will not gently leak away.
- Fear spurted up into his mouth but he managed to hold the gaze, eye to eye.
- Indeed, there were little fountains of seawater spurting up between the water containers at that spot.
- Judging from the minerals present in the mass of water, it appeared to have spurted out of the ocean crust.
- The water that spurted through my window was a mere splash.
- Who would ever have imagined satellites entirely covered with ice floes, or volcanos spurting sulfur a hundred kilometers into space?
- With each wave a gush of water spurted up into your armpit and slopped into the cabin.
THESAURUS► flow
Collocations if liquid flows, it moves in a steady continuous stream: · Blood flowed from his hand.· The river flows very quickly at this point.
► run to flow – used when saying that something flows in a particular direction: · Water was running down the walls of the room.· Sweat ran off his nose.· The river runs into the sea.
► come out to flow out of something: · You couldn't drink any of the water that came out of the tap.
► pour to flow in large quantities: · The rain poured down.· Blood was pouring from a wound on his head.
► gush to flow out quickly in very large quantities: · Water was gushing out at more than 3000 gallons a minute.
► spurt to flow out suddenly with a lot of force: · Oil was spurting from a small hole in the pipe.
► trickle to flow slowly in drops or in a thin stream: · Clare felt sweat trickling down the back of her neck.
► leak to flow in or out through a small hole or crack, usually when this is not meant to happen: · Oil was leaking from the engine.
► ooze to flow from something very slowly – used about blood or a thick liquid: · Blood was oozing from the wound.· Jam oozed out as she bit into the cake.
► drip to fall in drops: · Water dripped from the tap continuously.
► cascade to flow down the side of something in large amounts: · Water cascades down the hillside.
Longman Language Activatorwith lots of hills or mountains► flow if a liquid flows , it moves in a steady, continuous stream from one place to another: · The river flows more slowly here and it is safe to swim.flow into/out of/over: · From here, factory waste flows straight into the sea.· Tears flowed down her cheeks as she hugged her children.· Oil flowed from the tanker into the sea.
► come out if liquid comes out of a pipe, container etc, it flows out fairly slowly and in fairly small quantities: · When I turned on the tap a brownish liquid came out.come out of: · There's oil coming out of your engine.· I can't get the ketchup to come out of the bottle.
► pour if a liquid or substance pours out of something, large amounts flow out of it: pour out of/off/down etc: · Sweat poured down his face.· Water was pouring out of the release gates on the dam.· Rain poured through the open window, waking me again an hour later.· Lava from the volcano is pouring down the mountain towards the town.
► run if a liquid runs somewhere, it flows quickly and smoothly; if a tap is running , water is flowing out of it: · Who left the faucet running?run along/down etc: · Tears ran down her face.· A stream runs along the bottom of the field.
► leak if a liquid leaks from a container or pipe, or if a container or pipe leaks , the liquid comes out through a small hole or crack because the container or pipe is damaged: · I think the fuel tank is leaking.leak through/into/out of/from: · Water was leaking from a pipe in the bathroom.· Yoghurt had leaked out of the pot all over my lunchbox.
► drip if a liquid drips , it falls slowly and steadily, in drops: drip off/out/onto etc: · The blood was still dripping from the cut on his lip.· We stood under a tree, with rain dripping onto our heads.· Wax from the candle dripped on the tablecloth.
► ooze if a thick liquid, or a substance such as blood or mud, oozes out of something, it comes out of it slowly and steadily: ooze out of/from: · A mixture of mud and rainwater oozed out of the bottom of the bucket.· Blood was oozing from the wound.· Thick, sticky syrup oozes out of the tree trunk and is collected in buckets.
► gush if a liquid gushes from something, or if something gushes it, it flows or pours out very quickly in large quantities: · The knife wound was gushing blood.gush out/from/down etc: · Oil gushed from the hole in the ship's hull.· A pipe burst in one of the apartments above, and water gushed down.
► trickle if a liquid trickles somewhere, it flows slowly in drops or in a thin stream: trickle down/into/out: · Blood trickled down the side of her face. · Water trickled out of the pipe.· The fire spread when burning gasoline trickled from the car toward other vehicles.
► squirt if you squirt liquid or it squirts , it is forced out of a narrow hole in a thin fast stream: · Kids were squirting each other with water pistols.squirt something on somebody/something: · He squirted some ketchup on his fries.squirt from/into: · The batter is squirted into round molds, then baked.
► spurt if a liquid spurts or something spurts it, it comes out of something quickly and suddenly and with a lot of force: · The knife hit an artery, and the wound spurted blood.spurt from/out of/into: · Oil from the spill spurted into the crystal waters of Prince William Sound.· Water spurted from the burst pipe.
► cascade to flow down something in large quantities: cascade from/into/down etc: · The walls of the cave are smooth, polished by the water cascading from above.· Water from the broken water main cascaded into a subway station.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► out
1a)[intransitive] if liquid or flames spurt from something, they come out of it quickly and suddenlyspurt from/out of· She saw her own blood spurting as the lamb's must have spurted out.· Judging from the minerals present in the mass of water, it appeared to have spurted out of the ocean crust.· Faces contort and organs spurt out a smelly stain, a sticky betrayal.· Tears spurted out of her eyes, her nostrils flared.
NOUN► blood· She saw her own blood spurting as the lamb's must have spurted out.· The blood spurted up over the berries and dyed them a dark red.· When blood is spurting this technique is less successful, partly because the endoscopic view is obscured.· That's how it begins but it ends in maimed bodies, chopped limbs, blood spurting like fountains.· It floods back to me in spasms, like blood spurting from a wound.· He wanted blood to spurt, bones to break and the sound of screaming.· The knife was sharper than she'd allowed, and soon blood was spurting over the tablecloth with each heartbeat.
Blood spurted from his nose. Flames spurted through the roof. b)[transitive] to send out liquid or flames quickly or suddenly: It boiled over, spurting hot water everywhere.2[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to suddenly start moving more quickly, especially for a short time: He suddenly spurted ahead of the others.spurt1 verbspurt2 noun
spurtspurt2 noun [countable] ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Collocations- a growth spurt
- The whale sent one final spurt into the air and disappeared.
- As the Ford charged after the Mercedes, Dunn saw in his wing mirror a spurt of tracer fire.
- For most, however, the hormone may trigger a growth spurt but seems not to increase final adult height.
- She also works out on a special weight machine that lets her emulate the all-important explosive spurt.
- The early San Antonio date also upsets explanations for the spurt in population growth during Classic times.
- They have built a record of 23-7 this season on the strength of sheer, unadulterated talent and spurts of gumption.
- Yachmenev added another goal to end the spurt and give Los Angeles a 7-1 lead.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► growth spurt
1when an amount of liquid or flame suddenly comes quickly out of somethingspurt of (=when a child suddenly grows quickly)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► sudden· Still in his pyjamas Brian switched on the fountain, and the sudden spurt of water scared the bird away.· Cairo experienced a sudden spurt of growth that turned it into one of the most densely populated urban areas in the world.· I felt a sudden spurt of laughter rising in me.· To imagine so is to ignore the whole incubation period that-precedes any such sudden spurt.· Dinah was filled with a sudden raw spurt of jealousy.· No sudden spurt, no scramble to get away.· Carew felt a sudden spurt of irritation.
NOUN► growth· The Lancet medical journal reports that children who were underweight before the operation had a growth spurt afterwards.· Since their first prepubescent growth spurt, these big women have had to struggle not to be embarrassed.· Osteosarcoma is not usually classified with hormonal cancers, but its onset largely coincides with the final hormonal growth spurt in teenagers.· For most, however, the hormone may trigger a growth spurt but seems not to increase final adult height.· Normally the first thing that happens is that you start a growth spurt and suddenly become taller.· However, something else happened to Kuehn at the time: He hit a late growth spurt.· In any case, the growth spurt did not last.
a sudden spurt of flamein spurts The water came out of the tap in short spurts (=a small amount at a time).2a short sudden increase of activity, effort, speed, or emotionspurt of In a sudden spurt of anger, Ellen slammed the door shut.growth spurt (=when a child suddenly grows quickly)in spurts We weren’t consistent – we played in spurts.