Spurt (spûrt), v. i. [Written also spirt, and originally the same word as sprit; OE. sprutten to sprout, AS. spryttan. See Sprit, v. i., Sprout, v. i.] 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.
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Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock,
Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock. Pope.
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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.
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2. A shoot; a bud. [Obs.] Holland.
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3. Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy.
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Spurt grass (Bot.), a rush fit for basket work. Dr. Prior.
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Spurt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spurted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spurting.] To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
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