Definition of: spurt

(spûrt) noun
1. A sudden gush of liquid.
2. Any sudden outbreak, as of anger.
3. An extraordinary effort of brief duration; a sudden rise in activity or price.
4. A brief period.
—v.i.
1. To come out in a jet; gush forth.
2. To make a sudden and extreme effort.
—v.t.
3. To force out in a jet; squirt. Also spelled spirt. [Var. of earlier spirt, metathetic var. of sprit <OE spryttan come forth]