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SPIRT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

Synonyms:

jet; spirt; spurt; squirt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("spirt" is a kind of...):

discharge; outpouring; run (the pouring forth of a fluid)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spirt"):

spray (a jet of vapor)

spritz (a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water))

Derivation:

spirt (gush forth in a sudden stream or jet)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

Synonyms:

forge; spirt; spurt

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "spirt" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet

Example:

water gushed forth

Synonyms:

gush; spirt; spout; spurt

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "spirt" is one way to...):

pour (flow in a spurt)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "spirt"):

pump (flow intermittently)

blow (spout moist air from the blowhole)

whoosh (gush or squirt out)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

spirt (the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid))

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