Definition of Spirt

1. Verb. Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet. "Water gushed forth"

Exact synonyms: Gush, Spout, Spurt
Specialized synonyms: Pump, Blow, Whoosh
Generic synonyms: Pour
Derivative terms: Gush, Gusher, Spout, Spouter, Spouter, Spurt

2. Noun. The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid).
Exact synonyms: Jet, Spurt, Squirt
Generic synonyms: Discharge, Outpouring, Run
Specialized synonyms: Spray, Spritz
Derivative terms: Jet, Spurt, Squirt, Squirt

3. Verb. Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy.
Exact synonyms: Forge, Spurt
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel

Definition of Spirt

1. v. & n. Same as Spurt.

Definition of Spirt

1. Verb. (archaic spelling of spurt) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spirt

1. to spurt [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: spurt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spirt

spirometries
spirometry
spironolactone
spironolactone test
spiropentane
spiropentanes
spiroplasma
spiroplasmataceae
spiroscope
spiroscopes
spirostan
spirostans
spirotrich
spirotrichs
spiroylous
spirt (current term)
spirted
spirting
spirtle
spirtled
spirtles
spirtling
spirts
spirula
spirulae
spirulas
spirulate
spirulina
spirulinas
spirurida

Literary usage of Spirt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"He took down the spirt and worked on its rebuilding up to 1872. Hie design for the town-hall of Vienna was also a very successful one. ..."

2. A New Malagasy-English Dictionary by James Richardson (1885)
"To ву off, to dip off; to spirt upon, to drop on : to err. ... Imp. в»«Л- to spirt upon, to wander from the A clap of thunder. (Prov.) DI'FI-BA'TO, ». ..."

3. A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall (1859)
"a spirt when he crams twelve hours daily the week before examination. ... My amateur Mathematical coach, who was now making his last spirt for a Fellowship, ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages by John Joseph Powell, Thomas Coventry (1826)
"518. parties to a bill of foreclosure, in re- [et vide infra, 989, note (C), for far- spirt of the ..."

5. On Terms of Communion: With a Particular View to the Case of the Baptists by Robert Hall (1817)
"While we must reprobate such a spirt it, we are compelled to.acknowledge that the pruc- exactly corresponds, in etymology: but the wore! baptisma, ..."

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