spurting
/ˈspɜr tɪŋ/
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Definition(s):
- (adj) propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
Usage(s):
- In almost every clip you'll see little puffs of dust spurting out from the sides of the towers.
- There will be blood, plenty of it, cascading, spurting, spuming from the throats of the men unlucky enough to sit in Sweeney's barber chair.
- Next day, Shea won the 1,500-meter race, spurting at the start of the last lap to beat Alex Hurd of Canada.
Quotes
- George Orwell famously wrote "when there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink."on Jul 9, 2010 By: George Orwell Source: Politicsweb
- "Witch hunts result in witch trials. Conrad's detractors were on the move, spurting malicious gossip from every pore," writes George Jonason Jun 25, 2010 By: George Jonas Source: Montreal Gazette
- "James severed an artery, it was not a break but it was spurting out blood," manager David Moyes told the club's Web site (www.evertonfc.com) on Tuesday. "The doctor stitched him up but the foot has blown up again."on Apr 10, 2007 By: David Moyes Source: Guardian Unlimited
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