phịt

Nước phịt ra từ vòi bị hỏng.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To spurt / to gush / to squirt: To suddenly and forcefully eject a liquid or gas in a concentrated stream or jet. This is the primary meaning, often describing a short, pressurized burst.
   • To fizzle out / to fail abruptly: (Colloquial, figurative) To end suddenly and unsuccessfully, often with a sense of disappointment or anticlimax, like a deflating balloon or a failed plan.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nước phịt ra từ vòi bị hỏng. (Water spurted from the broken pipe.)
  • Bình xịt phịt một tia nước hoa. (The spray bottle squirted a jet of perfume.)
  • Kế hoạch của họ phịt ngay từ đầu. (Their plan fizzled out right from the start.)

Advanced Usage

• "phịt ra": to spurt out, to gush out.

  • Máu phịt ra từ vết thương. (Blood gushed out from the wound.)

• "làm phịt": to cause something to fail or fizzle; to deflate (literally or figuratively).

  • Câu chuyện cười bị làm phịt bởi không khí căng thẳng. (The joke was deflated by the tense atmosphere.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phụt (verb): A standard variant with the same core meaning: to spurt, to gush. "Phịt" is often considered a phonetic variant or colloquial form of "phụt."
  • Lửa phụt lên từ động cơ. (Flames shot up from the engine.)

Synonyms

• Spurt / Jet: To flow out suddenly in a stream.
• Gush: To flow out in a rapid and plentiful stream.
• Squirt: To eject liquid in a thin, fast stream.
• Fizzle: To end feebly or disappointingly.

Related Idioms

• Phịt như xì hơi: To fail pathetically or deflate completely (like a punctured tire).
  • Dự án đầu tư đó phịt như xì hơi. (That investment project went flat like a tire.)