Meaning

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

verb gush forth in a sudden stream or jet

verb move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

originFrom earlier spirt, sprit (“to sprout”), from Middle English sprytten, from Old English spryttan, from Proto-West Germanic *spruttjan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).

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