Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Propelled violently in a usually narrow stream: Describing a liquid or substance that is forced out suddenly and with force, often in a thin, focused jet.

Usage

• The adjective "spurting" is used to describe the action or state of a liquid being ejected forcefully. It often modifies nouns like "water," "blood," "oil," or "jet."
• It describes a sudden, often intermittent, release under pressure.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The firefighters aimed their hoses at the spurting hydrant. (The hydrant was releasing water in a violent, narrow stream.)
  • The mechanic quickly tightened the valve to stop the spurting oil. (The oil was being propelled out forcefully.)
  • A spurting fountain decorated the center of the plaza. (The fountain shot water upwards in a narrow, forceful stream.)

Advanced Usage

• "spurting forth": An emphatic phrase meaning to gush or jet out suddenly.
  • Water was spurting forth from the cracked pipe, flooding the basement.
• Used figuratively to describe something emerging rapidly or forcefully, though this is less common for the adjective form.
  • He delivered his arguments in spurting, impassioned sentences. (His speech emerged in rapid, forceful bursts.)

Variants and Related Words

• Spurt (verb): To gush or issue forth in a sudden, forceful stream.
  • Blood began to spurt from the wound.
• Spurt (noun): A sudden, forceful gush or jet of liquid; a short burst of increased activity or speed.
  • A spurt of water from the hose.
  • The runner put on a final spurt to win the race.
• Jet (verb/noun): A close synonym for emitting or a stream of liquid/gas forced out under pressure.

Synonyms

• Gushing: Flowing out in a copious, rapid stream.
• Jetting: Propelling in a continuous, forceful stream.
• Squirting: Ejecting liquid in a thin stream or jet, often with less force implied than "spurting."

Related Phrases

• In spurts: Occurring in short, sudden bursts of activity or flow.
  • The old engine only ran in spurts.
• Growth spurt: A period of rapid growth (common for children/adolescents).

Adjective

1. propelled violently in a usually narrow stream