8 Letter Words for Spurtive
spurtive, upstrive
7 Letter Words for Spurtive
peritus, privets, puirest, pursive, revuist, ruptive, stuiver, virtues, vituper
6 Letter Words for Spurtive
erupts, esprit, isuret, pierst, priest, privet, pteris, purest, purist, purset, resuit, ripest, rivets, sitrep, sprite, spruit, stiver, stripe, strive, suiter, superi, trevis, tripes, turpis, uprest, uprise, uprist, uprive, upstir, upties, urites, verist, vertus, vipers, virtue, virtus
5 Letter Words for Spurtive
epist, epris, erupt, eruvs, etuis, iters, peris, perit, perst, perts, pervs, petri, piers, piert, piest, piets, piste, piute, pries, prius, puers, puist, puris, purse, reist, resit, resup, retip, ripes, rites, ritsu, ritus, rives, rivet, rupie, serut, setup, sieur, siper, siver, speir, spier, spire, spite, spret, sprit, sprue, spurt, spute, sruti, steri, stipe, stire, stirp, stive, strep, strip, strue, struv, stupe, sture, suite, super, supvr, tiers, tires, tirve, tiver, tries, tripe, trips, trues, turps, turse, upset, upsit, uptie, urite, uster, uteri, uvres, verst, verts, vertu, verus, vetus, viers, viper, virtu, virus
4 Letter Words for Spurtive
epit, eris, erst, eruv, etui, ipse, ires, irpe, iter, iure, peri, pers, pert, peru, perv, pest, pets, pier, pies, piet, pirs, pise, pist, pits, pius, pres, pret, prie, priv, prut, ptui, puer, puir, pure, puri, purs, puts, reit, reps, rept, resp, rest, rets, revs, ries, ripe, rips, ript, rise, risp, rist, rite, rits, rive, rsvp, rues, ruse, rust, ruts, seir, seit, sept, sert, serv, sier, sipe, sire, site, situ, spet, spie, spit, spiv, spue, spur, sput, step, ster, stie, stir, stre, stue, suer, suet, suit, supe, supr, supt, sure, surv, terp, tier, ties, tipe, tips, tipu, tire, tres, trie, trip, true, tues, tuis, tupi, tups, turp, ures, urps, user, utes, utis, uvre, veps, veri, vers, vert, vesp, vest, vets, vier, vies, vips, vise, vite
3 Letter Words for Spurtive
eir, epi, ers, ert, esp, esr, est, esu, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, ist, its, ive, per, pes, pet, pie, pir, pis, pit, piu, pre, prs, psi, pst, pte, pts, pur, pus, put, pvt, rei, rep, res, rev, rie, rip, rit, riv, rps, rpt, rte, rti, rue, rut, sei, sep, ser, set, sie, sip, sir, sit, spt, sri, str, sue, sui, sup, sur, ter, tes, tie, tip, tis, tiu, tpi, tps, tri, trp, trs, tsi, tsp, tue, tui, tup, tur, uit, ups, ure, urp, urs, use, ust, ute, uti, uts, vei, ver, vet, vie, vip, vis
Definitions for Spurtive
[1] to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
[2] to show marked, usually increased, activity or energy for a short period: The runners spurted forward in the last lap of the race.
[3] to expel or force out suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
[4] a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
[5] a marked increase of effort for a short period or distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
[6] a sudden burst or outburst, as of activity, energy, or feeling.
[7] to gush or cause to gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
[8] to make a sudden effort
[9] a sudden forceful stream or jet
[10] a short burst of activity, speed, or energy
Words related to Spurtive
spurtexplosion, commotion, eruption, spate, surge, outburst, spew, ooze, rush, stream, fit, access, jet, discharge, squirt, spritz, shoot, emerge, burst, well
Words nearby Spurtive
spurtspurn, spurred, spurrey, spurrier, spurry, spurt, spurtle, sputnik, sputniks, sputter, sputtering
Origin of Spurtive
First recorded in 1560–70; variant of spirt; origin uncertain
Other words from Spurtive
spurt·er , noun
spur·tive , adjective
spur·tive·ly , adverb
out·spurt , verb (used with object)
Word origin for Spurtive
C16: perhaps related to Middle High German sprützen to squirt
Synonyms for Spurtive
bits and pieces, changeable, choppy, convulsive, desultory, fitful, fits and starts, intermittent, irregular, jerky, on-again-off-again, periodic, shaky, spastic, sporadic, spotty, uncertain
