SPIRT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spirt mean? 

• SPIRT (noun)
  The noun SPIRT has 1 sense:

1. the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

  Familiarity information: SPIRT used as a noun is very rare.

• SPIRT (verb)
  The verb SPIRT has 2 senses:

1. gush forth in a sudden stream or jet

2. move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

  Familiarity information: SPIRT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPIRT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

jet; spirt; spurt; squirt

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)

• SPIRT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they spirt    ... he / she / it spirts   
Past simple: spirted   
Past participle: spirted   
-ing form: spirting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

gush; spirt; spout; spurt

Context example:

water gushed forth

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))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

forge; spirt; spurt

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