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Synonyms of spurt in English:

spurt


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See Spanish definition of acelerar

verb

1‘he cut his finger, and blood spurted over the sliced potatoes’

SYNONYMS
squirt, shoot, spray, fountain, jet, erupt
gush, pour, stream, rush, pump, surge, spew, spill, flow, course, well, spring, burst, issue, emanate
disgorge, discharge, emit, belch forth, expel, eject
British informal sloosh

noun

1‘the sudden spurt of water scared the bird away’

SYNONYMS
squirt, spray, fountain, jet, spout
gush, outpouring, stream, rush, surge, burst, spill, flow, flood, cascade, torrent

2‘I felt a spurt of pleasure’

SYNONYMS
burst, outburst, fit, bout, attack, rush, spate, surge, flurry, access

3‘Daisy put on a spurt to hurry down to the river’

SYNONYMS
burst of speed, turn of speed, increase of speed, burst of energy, sprint, rush