I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
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She saw her own blood spurting as the lamb's must have spurted out .
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Judging from the minerals present in the mass of water, it appeared to have spurted out of the ocean crust.
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Faces contort and organs spurt out a smelly stain, a sticky betrayal.
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Tears spurted out of her eyes, her nostrils flared.
■ NOUN
blood
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She saw her own blood spurting as the lamb's must have spurted out.
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The blood spurted up over the berries and dyed them a dark red.
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When blood is spurting this technique is less successful, partly because the endoscopic view is obscured.
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That's how it begins but it ends in maimed bodies, chopped limbs, blood spurting like fountains.
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It floods back to me in spasms, like blood spurting from a wound.
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He wanted blood to spurt , bones to break and the sound of screaming.
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The knife was sharper than she'd allowed, and soon blood was spurting over the tablecloth with each heartbeat.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Oil from the spill spurted into the crystal waters of Prince William Sound.
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The knife hit an artery, and the wound spurted blood.
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The volcano spurted sulfur miles into the atmosphere.
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Water spurted from the burst pipe.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But once the adrenalin spurts back into your system it will not gently leak away.
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Fear spurted up into his mouth but he managed to hold the gaze, eye to eye.
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Indeed, there were little fountains of seawater spurting up between the water containers at that spot.
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Judging from the minerals present in the mass of water, it appeared to have spurted out of the ocean crust.
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The water that spurted through my window was a mere splash.
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Who would ever have imagined satellites entirely covered with ice floes, or volcanos spurting sulfur a hundred kilometers into space?
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With each wave a gush of water spurted up into your armpit and slopped into the cabin.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
sudden
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Still in his pyjamas Brian switched on the fountain, and the sudden spurt of water scared the bird away.
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Cairo experienced a sudden spurt of growth that turned it into one of the most densely populated urban areas in the world.
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I felt a sudden spurt of laughter rising in me.
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To imagine so is to ignore the whole incubation period that-precedes any such sudden spurt .
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Dinah was filled with a sudden raw spurt of jealousy.
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No sudden spurt , no scramble to get away.
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Carew felt a sudden spurt of irritation.
■ NOUN
growth
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The Lancet medical journal reports that children who were underweight before the operation had a growth spurt afterwards.
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Since their first prepubescent growth spurt , these big women have had to struggle not to be embarrassed.
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Osteosarcoma is not usually classified with hormonal cancers, but its onset largely coincides with the final hormonal growth spurt in teenagers.
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For most, however, the hormone may trigger a growth spurt but seems not to increase final adult height.
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Normally the first thing that happens is that you start a growth spurt and suddenly become taller.
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However, something else happened to Kuehn at the time: He hit a late growth spurt .
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In any case, the growth spurt did not last.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a growth spurt
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The whale sent one final spurt into the air and disappeared.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the Ford charged after the Mercedes, Dunn saw in his wing mirror a spurt of tracer fire.
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For most, however, the hormone may trigger a growth spurt but seems not to increase final adult height.
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She also works out on a special weight machine that lets her emulate the all-important explosive spurt .
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The early San Antonio date also upsets explanations for the spurt in population growth during Classic times.
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They have built a record of 23-7 this season on the strength of sheer, unadulterated talent and spurts of gumption.
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Yachmenev added another goal to end the spurt and give Los Angeles a 7-1 lead.