a spurt of water

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• water — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 liquid ADJECTIVE ▪ boiling, chilled, cold, cool, freezing, frigid (AmE), hot, ice cold, icy, lukewarm …   Collocations dictionary

• spurt — 1. verb water spurted from the tap Syn: squirt, shoot, jet, erupt, gush, pour, stream, pump, surge, spew, course, well, spring, burst; disgorge, discharge, emit, belch forth, expel …   Thesaurus of popular words

• spurt — 1. verb a) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet. 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… …   Wiktionary

• Spurt — Spurt, n. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A shoot; a bud. [Obs.] Holland. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Spurt grass — Spurt Spurt, n. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A shoot; a bud. [Obs.] Holland. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Spurt — Spurt, v. t. 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• spurt — [[t]spɜ͟ː(r)t[/t]] spurts, spurting, spurted 1) V ERG When liquid or fire spurts from somewhere, it comes out quickly in a thin, powerful stream. [V n] They spurted blood all over me. I nearly passed out... [V n] He hit her on the head, causing… …   English dictionary

• spurt — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ sudden ▪ brief, little ▪ initial ▪ an initial spurt of energy ▪ final …   Collocations dictionary

• spurt — spurt1 [spə:t US spə:rt] v 1.) a) if liquid or flames spurt from something, they come out of it quickly and suddenly spurt from/out of ▪ Blood spurted from his nose. ▪ Flames spurted through the roof. b) [T] to send out liquid or flames quickly… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• spurt — 1 verb 1 (I) if liquid or flames spurt from something they pour out of it quickly and suddenly (+ from/out of): Water began spurting from a hole in the pipe. 2 (T) to send out liquid or flames 3 (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move somewhere… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• water — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) A clear liquid and major component of all living things Nouns 1. water, moisture, wetness; drinking water, spring water, mineral water; sea or salt water, fresh water; serum, serosity; lymph; rheum;… …   English dictionary for students