Spurt /(spûrt)/

1. To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt.

   Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock.

1. 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.

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.
2. A shoot; a bud. [Obs.]
3. A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy. Fig.:

1. A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.

   The long, steady sweep of the so-called “paddle” tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt.

imp. & p. p. Spurted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spurting

1. To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.