spurtSPURT, v.t. [The English word has suffered a transposition of letters. It is from the root of sprout, which see.] To throw out, as liquid in a stream; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth, or other liquid from a tube. SPURT, v.i. To gush or issue out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream. SPURT, n. |