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.
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.
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.
A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy.
A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.
To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth"
move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy