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spurt
spurt:
see
spit
spurt (v.)
"to gush out, squirt," 1560s, variant of
spirt
, perhaps cognate with Middle High German
spürzen
"to spit," and
sprützen
"to squirt" (see
sprout
(v.)). Related:
Spurted
;
spurting
. The noun in this sense is attested from 1775.
spurt (n.)
"brief burst of activity," 1560s, variant of
spirt
"brief period of time" (1540s), of uncertain origin, perhaps somehow connected with
spurt
(v.).