different between spurt vs abundance

English

Alternative forms

• spirt

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: spû(r)t, IPA^(key): /sp??(r)t/
• (General American) enPR: spûrt, IPA^(key): /sp?t/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t

Etymology 1

From earlier spirt, sprit (“to sprout”), from Middle English sprutten, from Old English spryttan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).

Verb

spurt (third-person singular simple present spurts, present participle spurting, simple past and past participle spurted)

1. (transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
2. (intransitive) To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21

     With that he pulled open his shirt, and with his long sharp nails opened a vein in his breast. When the blood began to spurt out, he took my hands in one of his, holding them tight, and with the other seized my neck and pressed my mouth to the wound, so that I must either suffocate or swallow some to the . . . Oh, my God! My God! What have I done?

Synonyms

• spout

Translations

Noun

spurt (plural spurts)

1. A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.

   a spurt of water; a spurt of blood

2. (slang) Ejaculation of semen.
   • 2019, R.W. Clinger, Stockton County Cowboys Box Set, JMS Books LLC (?ISBN)

     Clean all your spurt off me, man.” And so I did.

3. (obsolete) A shoot; a bud.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)

Translations

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain. May be derived from Etymology 1.

Noun

spurt (plural spurts)

1. A moment, a short period of time.
2. A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
   • 1859, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown At Oxford

     The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt.

3. The act of spurting, or something spurted
   • 2015, Shelley Munro, Alexandre

     He thrust against her and deep inside, she felt his spurt of semen. Her clit jumped in response, and Lily tumbled into an orgasm that shook her clear to her toes.

Derived terms

• growth spurt

Translations

Verb

spurt (third-person singular simple present spurts, present participle spurting, simple past and past participle spurted)

1. (intransitive) To make a strong effort for a short period of time.

   The bullion market spurted on Thursday.

   The runners spurted to the last lap as if they had extracted new energy from the applauds of the audience.

Translations

Anagrams

• Prust, turps

Danish

Etymology

From English spurt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spu?rt/, [sb?u???d?]

Noun

spurt c (singular definite spurten, plural indefinite spurter)

1. spurt (any sudden but not prolonged action)

Inflection

Related terms

• slutspurt
• spurte

Verb

spurt

1. imperative of spurte

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from English spurt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?rt/
• Hyphenation: spurt
• Rhymes: -?rt

Noun

spurt m (plural spurts, diminutive spurtje n)

1. spurt (short sudden energetic effort), especially in running or cycling

Related terms

• spurten

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp????/

Verb

spurt

1. supine form of spyrja

Noun

spurt

1. indefinite accusative singular of spurtur

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

spurt

1. past participle of spørre

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

spurt

1. neuter past participle of spørja and spørje

Swedish

Etymology

From English spurt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?rt/

Noun

spurt (c)

1. spurt (any sudden but not prolonged action)

Inflection

Related terms

• slutspurt
• spurtsträcka
• spurta

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) abundaunce
• (obsolete) habundance
• (obsolete) boundance
• (card games) abondance

Etymology

• From Middle English abundaunce, habaundance, from Old French habundance, abondance, from Latin abundantia (“fullness, plenty”), from abund? (“to overflow”). See abound.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?n.dn?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?n.dn?s/, /??b?n.dn?ts/, /??bn?.dn?s/
• (Malaysia, Singapore) IPA^(key): /??b?n.d?nts/

Noun

abundance (countable and uncountable, plural abundances)

1. A large quantity; many. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]

2. An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
   • c. 1610?, Walter Raleigh, A Discourse of War

     It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.

3. Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
4. Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]
5. (card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]

Usage notes

• Synonym notes: Abundance, Plenty, Exuberance. These words rise upon each other in expressing the idea of fullness.
  • Plenty denotes a sufficiency to supply every want; as, plenty of food, plenty of money, etc.
  • Abundance express more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; as, abundance of riches, an abundance of wit and humor; often, however, it only denotes plenty in a high degree.
  • Exuberance rises still higher, and implies a bursting forth on every side, producing great superfluity or redundance; as, an exuberance of mirth, an exuberance of animal spirits, etc.

Synonyms

• abundation (Chester)
• (large quantity): heap, load; see also Thesaurus:lot
• (ample sufficiency): exuberance, copiousness, overflow, plenty, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude; see also Thesaurus:excess
• (plentiful amount of resources): riches, affluence, wealth; see also Thesaurus:wealth

Related terms

• abound
• abundant

Translations

References

• abundance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English abundaunce, from Old French habundance, from Latin abundantia. Equivalent to abund +? -ance.

Noun

abundance (plural abundances)

1. An abundance; enough.

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.