Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
spurt , spurt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb Same as
spurt .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Archaic spelling of
spurt .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- verb gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
- verb move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
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Examples
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Catherine as much as I would like to be there I think it will have to be in spirt.
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Your spirt is my dance partner, and you thoughts a dance floor.
poeticdragon Diary Entry poeticdragon 2004
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There is a truth to the depiction of their relationship, their physical beauty as an expression of a purity and nobility of spirt, that is intensely moving.
NYT > Home Page By ROSLYN SULCAS 2010
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The price largely depends on the quality of ethanol or "spirt" as it's called here - "spirt extra" is used for cheaper vodka and "luxe" is for pricier types.
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And it was worth it to see the senior citizen in front of me get into the spirt of things and start tossing flowers he was handed across the aisle and up and down the row with abandon, startling other theatergoers and amusing himself and me to no end.
Michael Giltz: Theater: "Hair" Back On Broadway; Hannibal Lecter Sings! Michael Giltz 2011
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Nija, what in heck does your spirt have to do with this story. they are dems helping out corrupt dems. and the guys that started this housing problem,
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I believe that there is more to what we are than our physical selves- we embody a spirt, a soul-an essence.
MacGregor Thomson: Respect For "Unique Lens" MacGregor Thomson 2011
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Yes | No | Report from gman3186 wrote 20 weeks 6 days ago if they wanna pet a deer the best way to do that is go hunting and shoot one then they can pet it all they want but seriously that what happens when you take something wild and try to tame it there is always that wild spirt
Deer Vs. 2009
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I believe that there is more to what we are than our physical selves- we embody a spirt, a soul-an essence.
MacGregor Thomson: Respect For "Unique Lens" MacGregor Thomson 2011
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And it was worth it to see the senior citizen in front of me get into the spirt of things and start tossing flowers he was handed across the aisle and up and down the row with abandon, startling other theatergoers and amusing himself and me to no end.
Michael Giltz: Theater: "Hair" Back On Broadway; Hannibal Lecter Sings! Michael Giltz 2011
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