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Definitions for Spurring

[1] a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
[2] anything that goads, impels, or urges, as to action, speed, or achievement.
[3] climbing iron.
[4] Ornithology . a stiff, usually sharp, horny process on the leg of various birds, especially the domestic rooster, or on the bend of the wing, as in jacanas and screamers.
[5] Pathology . a bony projection or exostosis.
[6] a sharp piercing or cutting instrument fastened to the leg of a gamecock in cockfighting; gaff.
[7] Physical Geography . a ridge or line of elevation projecting from or subordinate to the main body of a mountain or mountain range.
[8] something that projects and resembles or suggests a gaff; sharp projection.
[9] a short or stunted branch or shoot, as of a tree.
[10] Typography . a short, seriflike projection from the bottom of the short vertical stroke in the capital G in some fonts.
[11] wing dam.
[12] Botany . a slender, usually hollow, projection from some part of a flower, as from the calyx of the larkspur or the corolla of the violet. Also called spur shoot . a short shoot bearing flowers, as in fruit trees.
[13] Architecture . a short wooden brace, usually temporary, for strengthening a post or some other part. any offset from a wall, as a buttress. griffe2.
[14] Ceramics . a triangular support of refractory clay for an object being fired.
[15] Railroads . spur track.
[16] to prick with or as if with a spur or spurs; incite or urge on: The rider spurred his mount ruthlessly. Appreciation spurs ambition.
[17] to strike or wound with the spur, as a gamecock.
[18] to furnish with spurs or a spur.
[19] to goad or urge one's horse with spurs or a spur; ride quickly.
[20] to proceed hurriedly; press forward: We spurred onward through the night.
[21] on the spur of the moment , without deliberation; impulsively; suddenly: We headed for the beach on the spur of the moment.
[22] win one's spurs , to achieve distinction or success for the first time; prove one's ability or worth: Our team hasn't won its spurs yet.
[23] a pointed device or sharp spiked wheel fixed to the heel of a rider's boot to enable him to urge his horse on
[24] anything serving to urge or encourage the increase in salary was a spur to their production
[25] a sharp horny projection from the leg just above the claws in male birds, such as the domestic cock
[26] a pointed process in any of various animals; calcar
[27] a tubular extension at the base of the corolla in flowers such as larkspur
[28] a short or stunted branch of a tree
[29] a ridge projecting laterally from a mountain or mountain range
[30] a wooden prop or a masonry reinforcing pier
[31] another name for groyne
[32] Also called: spur track a railway branch line or siding
[33] a short side road leading off a main road a motorway spur
[34] a sharp cutting instrument attached to the leg of a gamecock
[35] on the spur of the moment on impulse
[36] win one's spurs history to earn knighthood to prove one's ability; gain distinction
[37] (tr) to goad or urge with or as if with spurs
[38] (intr) to go or ride quickly; press on
[39] (tr) to injure or strike with a spur
[40] (tr) to provide with a spur or spurs

Words related to Spurring

spurarouse, propel, drive, trigger, push, spark, stir, stimulate, urge, awaken, rouse, prick, favor, exhort, goad, impel, countenance, press, rally, animate

Words nearby Spurring

spurspunbonded, spunk, spunkie, spunky, spunware, spur, spur blight, spur gall, spur gear, spur gearing, spur on

Origin of Spurring

1before 900; (noun) Middle English spure, Old English spura; cognate with Old High German sporo, Old Norse spori spur; akin to spurn; (v.) Middle English spuren, derivative of the noun

Other words from Spurring

spur·less , adjective
spur·like , adjective
spur·rer , noun

Word origin for Spurring

Old English spura; related to Old Norse spori, Old High German sporo

Synonyms for Spurring

arouse, drive, propel, push, spark, stimulate, stir, trigger, animate, awaken, countenance, exhort, favor, goad, goose, impel, instigate, press, prick, prod, rally, rouse, sic, urge, egg on, fire up, key up, put up to, turn on, work up