- a variation of spurt.
spirt
Britishnoun
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Aside from a mournful clarinet line in the first part of its third and final movement, the work had a surprisingly ebullient spirt for something composed by a Dane in 1944.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
Danielle's mum said she was "a free spirt" who had loved travelling in Australia and India – where she had helped to build schools and also volunteered in an orphanage.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025
For instance, Stimson told lawmakers that the administration confided in them in a spirt of openness and collegiality.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Sharon Nelson told reporters her brother’s music will live forever and that his spirt “sneaks up on me sometimes.”
From Washington Times ● May 4, 2023
The larboard guns were now fired, and at last a tiny spirt of fire was seen to the eastward, and the sharp report of a musket struck on the ears.
From The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea by F.C. Tilney
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