spurt
verb (used without object)
to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
are spurting
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present progressiveof spurt.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Beef has jumped at an annual rate of 41 % since January, and wholesale prices are spurting, meaning that retail prices will continue to rise.
From Time Magazine Archive
Auto sales are at their highest since 1989; single-family housing starts are spurting.
From Time Magazine Archive
The waves are spurting up through the hole where the skylight was removed, so the cabins must be pretty well washed out by this time.”
From The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land by W. S. (Walter S.) Stacey
