spurting
present participle ofspurt
spurt
verb[IorT]
uk/spɜːt/us/spɝːt/spurtverb[I or T](LIQUID)
to (causeto)flowoutsuddenlyand withforce, in afaststream:
Blood was spurting out all over theplace.
Hisarmwas spurtingbloodwhere theveinhad beensevered.
Movement of liquids
- backsplash
- be dripping withsomethingidiom
- bleed
- decant
- discharge
- drainage
- drip
- eddy
- leak
- runsomeone/somethingover
- runnel
- seep
- seepage
- slosh
- spit
- topsomethingup
- trickle
- tub
- washsomethingaway
- waterborne
spurtverb[I or T](INCREASE)
mainlyUS
toincreaseorgrowveryquickly, or tosuddenlyincreaseby aparticularamount:
Shares of thejewellerystorechainspurted $6.
Increasing and intensifying
- -ify
- accretion
- accumulate
- accumulative
- add fuel to the fireidiom
- additive
- blaze
- fade
- hot up
- increase
- increment
- inflame
- inflation
- mushroom
- resurge
- rocket
- saturation
- scalesomethingup
- shoot up
- spike
Examplesofspurting
spurting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
We are bound to face the fact that all is not satisfactory at a time when other industries arespurtingabove their old production.
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But in that case it was not the fuel that was responsible; it was the fluid of the hydraulics system which ignited onspurtingout after the crash.
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A milkshake machine then startsspurtingmilkshake all over the customers, and more and more people enter the yard.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is believed that hot ground water continuouslyspurtingout had weathered the mountain and this caused it to collapse.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Water jetsspurtingfrom the animals mouths were conceived to give the impression of speech between the creatures.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Later videos featured clouds of black pixels and objects resembling coinsspurtingfrom enemies instead of blood.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This section includes intermittent jets of waterspurtingfrom the pool replicating the sights and sounds of sporadic gunfire.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sometimes, there is bloodspurtingout of the holes for effect.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As the blood sugar level comes back toward normal, the beta cells will stopspurtinginsulin and amylin.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Each of them has a source of pure flowing water, a pool and a fountain with waterspurtingfrom jets.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The officiating priest offers him the host on a plate, which is pictured miraculouslyspurtingblood.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There is a lot of padding in this paranormal davenport, but if you stick with it long enough, you'll be rewarded with beautiful torrents of redspurtingtorment.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Wayne is also shownspurtingred paint on the wall to form some sort of unknown picture.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hedorah's primary form of attack was byspurtingglobs of its own corrosive sludge at its opponent.
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- assisted area
- assisted-area
- assisted living
- assisted-living
- assisted living facility
- assisted-living-facility
- assisted migration
- assisted suicide
- assisted-suicide
- assisting
- assistive
- assistive devices
- assistive-devices
- assistive technology
- assist the police with/in their inquiries
- assist-the-police-with-in-their-inquiries
- assize
- assizes
- (as) slow as molasses
- as-slow-as-molasses
- as smooth as silk/a baby's bottom
- as-smooth-as-silk-a-baby-s-bottom
- Assn
- Assoc.
- associate