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Definition of Spirt
1. Noun. The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid).
Generic synonyms: Discharge, Outpouring, Run
Specialized synonyms: Spray, Spritz
Derivative terms: Jet, Spurt, Squirt, Squirt
2. Verb. Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet. "Water gushed forth"
Specialized synonyms: Pump, Blow, Whoosh
Generic synonyms: Pour
Derivative terms: Gush, Gusher, Spout, Spouter, Spouter, Spurt
3. Verb. Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy.
Definition of Spirt
1. v. & n. Same as Spurt.
Definition of Spirt
1. Verb. (archaic spelling of spurt) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spirt
1. to spurt [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: spurt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spirt
Literary usage of Spirt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"He took down the spirt and worked on its rebuilding up to 1872. Hie design for
the town-hall of Vienna was also a very successful one. ..."
2. A New Malagasy-English Dictionary by James Richardson (1885)
"To ву off, to dip off; to spirt upon, to drop on : to err. ... Imp. в»«Л- to
spirt upon, to wander from the A clap of thunder. (Prov.) DI'FI-BA'TO, ». ..."
3. A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall (1859)
"a spirt when he crams twelve hours daily the week before examination. ...
My amateur Mathematical coach, who was now making his last spirt for a Fellowship, ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages by John Joseph Powell, Thomas Coventry (1826)
"518. parties to a bill of foreclosure, in re- [et vide infra, 989, note (C), for
far- spirt of the ..."
5. On Terms of Communion: With a Particular View to the Case of the Baptists by Robert Hall (1817)
"While we must reprobate such a spirt it, we are compelled to.acknowledge that
the pruc- exactly corresponds, in etymology: but the wore! baptisma, ..."
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