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{{also|Spurt|spürt|špurt}}
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|spirt}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|spû(r)t|a=RP}}, {{IPA|en|/spɜːt/}}
* {{enPR|spûrt|a=GenAm}}, {{IPA|en|/spɝt/}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-spurt.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɜː(ɹ)t|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From earlier {{m|en|spirt}}, {{m|en|sprit#Etymology 2|sprit|t=to sprout}}, from {{inh|en|enm|sprytten}}, from {{inh|en|ang|spryttan}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*spruttjan}}, ultimately from {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)per-|t=to strew, sow, sprinkle}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cause]] to [[gush]] out suddenly or violently in a [[stream]] or [[jet]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[rush]] from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
#* {{RQ:Pope Dunciad|passage=Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, / '''Spurts''' in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock.}}
#* {{RQ:Stoker Dracula|chapter=21|text=With that he pulled open his shirt, and with his long sharp nails opened a vein in his breast. When the blood began to '''spurt''' out, he took my hands in one of his, holding them tight, and with the other seized my neck and pressed my mouth to the wound, so that I must either suffocate or swallow some to the . . . Oh, my God! My God! What have I done?}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1950|month=April|author=Timothy H. Cobb|title=The Kenya-Uganda Railway|journal=Railway Magazine|page=265|text=In the floor of the valley the line passes hills of fantastic shape, like sleeping camels and inverted washbasins, and you can see the beautiful lakes Naivasha and Elementeita; at Eburru jets of steam '''spurt''' out of the ground.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|en|spout}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to cause to gush}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|adollar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|噴出}}, {{t+|cmn|噴|tr=pēn}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|purskauttaa}} {{qualifier|once}}, {{t+|fi|purskuttaa}} {{qualifier|repeatedly}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|spriccel}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|噴き出す|tr=ふきだす, fukidasu}}, {{t|ja|噴く|tr=ふく, fuku}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|내뿜다}}, {{t+|ko|분출하다}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|korowhiwhi}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|бры́згать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|выбра́сывать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|вы́бросить|pf}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|spruta}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|spiter}}
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{{trans-top|to gush}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|бликвам}}, {{t+|bg|шурвам}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|rajar}}, {{t+|ca|dollejar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|噴放|tr=pēnfàng}}, {{t+|cmn|噴|tr=pēn}}, {{t+|cmn|迸|tr=bèng}}, {{t|cmn|迸射|tr=bèngshè}}, {{t+|cmn|噴發|tr=pēnfā}}, {{t+|cmn|噴出|tr=pēnchū}}, {{t+|cmn|噴薄|tr=pēnbó}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|purskahtaa}} {{qualifier|once}}, {{t|fi|purskua}} {{qualifier|repeatedly}}
* French: {{t+|fr|gicler}}
* German: {{t+|de|spritzen}}, {{t+|de|zischen}}, {{t+|de|schießen}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αναβλύζω}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|קָלַח|m|tr=qalákh}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|迸る|tr=ほとばしる, hotobajiru, とばしる, tobajiru}}, {{t+|ja|噴出|tr=ふんしゅつする, funshutsu suru|alt=噴出する}}, {{t+|ja|噴き出す|tr=ふきだす, fukidasu}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|솟구치다}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|paratī}}, {{t|mi|kotī}}, {{t|mi|torohīhī}}, {{t|mi|torohī}}, {{t|mi|korohihī}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|bryzgać|impf}}, {{t|pl|bluzgać|impf}}, {{t|pl|bluznąć|pf}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|stropi}}, {{t+|ro|țâșni}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|бры́згать|impf}}, {{t|ru|[[бить]] [[струя|струёй]]|impf}}, {{t|ru|[[заби́ть]] [[струя|струёй]]||pf}}, {{t|ru|[[выбра́сывать]] [[струя|струёй]]||impf}}, {{t|ru|[[вы́бросить]] [[струя|струёй]]||pf}}, {{t+|ru|хлы́нуть|pf}}, {{t+|ru|струи́ться|impf}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|spruta}}
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====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A brief gush, as of [[liquid]] spurting from an [[orifice]] or a [[cut]]/[[wound]].
#: ''a '''spurt''' of water; a '''spurt''' of blood''
# {{lb|en|slang}} [[ejaculation|Ejaculation]] of [[semen]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2019|author=R.W. Clinger|title=Stockton County Cowboys Box Set|publisher=JMS Books LLC|isbn=9781634868938
|passage="Clean all your '''spurt''' off me, man." And so I did.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[shoot]]; a [[bud]].
#* {{RQ:Pliny Holland Historie of the World|book=2|passage=The Garden Sperages{{...}}send out at first certaine greene '''spurts''' or buds peeping forth of the ground.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|brief gush}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|изблик|m}}, {{t|bg|силна струя|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|raig}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|噴射|tr=pēnshè}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|losbarsting|f}},{{t+|nl|opwelling|f}},{{t+|nl|sprint|f}},
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|purskahdus}}, {{t|fi|purskaus}}
* German: {{t+|de|Spritzer|m}}, {{t+|de|Strahl|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|שפריץ|m|tr=shpritz}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|噴射|tr=ふんしゃ, funsha}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|puahiritanga}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|ætspringan}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|țâșnitură|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пото́к|m}}, {{t+|ru|струя́|f}}
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===Etymology 2===
{{unc|en}}. May be derived from Etymology 1.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A [[moment]], a short period of time.
#: {{syn|en|instant|jiffy|Thesaurus:moment}}
# A sudden brief [[burst]] of, or increase in, [[speed]], [[effort]], [[activity]], [[emotion]] or [[development]].
#: {{ux|en|The boss's visit prompted a brief '''spurt''' of activity.}}
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1898|author=w:H.G. Wells|title=w:The War of the Worlds|publisher=William Heinemann|location=London|page=111|passage=I seem to remember talking wanderingly to myself during that last '''spurt'''.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1859|author=w:Thomas Hughes|title=Tom Brown At Oxford
|passage=The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the '''spurt'''.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=22 Apr 91|journal=Gay Community News|page=11|author=Wickie Stamps|title=A Lesbian Looks At The GMSMA's 10<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Celebration|text=After a brief '''spurt''' of conviviality on our part, my partner and I quickly moved on to our priority— tracking down play parties.}}
# The act of spurting, or something spurted
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2015|author=Shelley Munro|title=Alexandre
|passage=He thrust against her and deep inside, she felt his '''spurt''' of semen. Her clit jumped in response, and Lily tumbled into an orgasm that shook her clear to her toes.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|growth spurt}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|de|Spurt|bor=1}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-see|a moment|moment|instant|blink of an eye}}

{{trans-top|a sudden brief rise in activity, etc.}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|порив|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyrähdys}}, {{t+|fi|rupeama}}, {{t+|fi|spurtti}}
* German: {{t+|de|Spurt|m}}, {{t+|de|Ausbruch|m}}
* Romanian: {{t-needed|ro}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|spurt|c}}
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====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To make a strong [[effort]] for a short period of time.
#: {{ux|en|The bullion market '''spurted''' on Thursday.}}
#: {{ux|en|The runners '''spurted''' to the last lap as if they had extracted new energy from the applauds of the audience.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to make strong effort}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|sprinten}},
* Faroese: {{t|fo|spurta}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|rynnistää}}, {{t+|fi|kiriä}}
* German: {{t+|de|spurten}}, {{t+|de|sprinten}}, {{t+|de|sputen|alt=sich sputen}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|[[se]] [[sforța]]}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[де́лать]] [[рыво́к]]|impf}}, {{t|ru|[[сде́лать]] [[рыво́к]]|pf}}, {{t+|ru|рвану́ть|pf}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|spurta}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=prstu|Prust|turps}}

{{catlangname|en|words derived through metathesis}}

==Danish==

===Etymology===
From {{der|da|en|spurt}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|da|/spuːrt/|[sb̥uɐ̯ˀd̥]}}

===Noun===
{{da-noun|en|er}}

# {{l|en|spurt}} {{gloss|any sudden but not prolonged action}}

====Inflection====
{{da-noun-infl|en|er}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|da|slutspurt}}
* {{l|da|spurte}}

===Verb===
{{head|da|verb form}}

# {{infl of|da|spurte||imp}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
Borrowing from {{bor|nl|en|spurt}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/spʏrt/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-spurt.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|spurt}}
* {{rhyme|nl|ʏrt|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|m|-s|+}}

# {{l|en|spurt}} {{gloss|short sudden energetic effort}}, especially in running or cycling

====Related terms====
* {{l|nl|spurten}}

==Faroese==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|fo|/spʊɻ̊ʈ/}}

===Verb===
{{head|fo|verb forms}}

# {{inflection of|fo|spyrja||supine|form}}

===Noun===
{{head|fo|noun form}}

# {{inflection of|fo|spurtur||indef|acc|s}}

==Icelandic==

===Verb===
{{head|is|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|is|spyrja||supine}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Verb===
{{head|nb|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|nb|spørre||past|part}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Verb===
{{head|nn|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nn|spørja||indef|n|s|past|part}}

==Swedish==

===Etymology===
From {{der|sv|en|spurt}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sv|/spɵrt/}}
* {{audio|sv|Sv-en spurt.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|c}}

# a {{l|en|spurt}} {{gloss|at the end of a speed competition in the primary sense, but also generally by extension}}

====Inflection====
{{sv-infl-noun-c-er}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|sv|slutspurt}}
* {{l|sv|spurtsträcka}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|sv|spurta}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}