SPURTED
Verb
spurted
simple past tense and past participle of spurt
Source: Wiktionary
SPURT
Spurt, v. i. Etym: [Written also spirt, and originally the same word
as sprit; OE. sprutten to sprout, AS. spryttan. See Sprit, v. i.,
Sprout, v. i.]
Definition: To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as
liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream
or jet; to spirt.
Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, Spurts in the
gardener's eyes who turns the cock. Pope.
Spurt, v. t.
Definition: To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or
force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice;
as, to spurt water from the mouth.
Spurt, n.
1. A sudden or violent ejection or gushing of a liquid, as of water
from a tube, orifice, or other confined place, or of blood from a
wound; a jet; a spirt.
2. A shoot; a bud. [Obs.] Holland.
3. Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy. Spurt grass
(Bot.), a rush fit for basket work. Dr. Prior.
Spurt, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. sprette a spurt, spring, run, spretta to
sprit, spring.]
Definition: A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased
exertion for a brief space.
The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as
much as the breathless strain of the spurt. T. Hughes.
Spurt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spurted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spurting.]
Definition: To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition