spurry Definition
spur
noun
- 1. A device with a spiky metal wheel, fitted to the heel of a horse-rider's boot, which is used for pressing into the horse's side to make it go faster.
2. Anything that urges or encourages greater effort or progress.
3a. A spike or pointed part, eg on a cock's leg;
3b. A similar but artifical part on a game cock;
3c. Any small spiky projection such as on the wing of certain birds or at the base of the corolla of some flowers.
4. A ridge of high land that projects out into a valley.
5a. A short branch of a tree, especially a fruit tree;
5b. A branch line or siding of a railway;
5c. A side or slip road of a motorway, etc.
6a. A breakwater;
6b. A structure which helps prevent erosion on a riverbank, etc.
- 1. To urge.
- Example: The crowd spurred their team to victory
- Thesaurus: stimulate, induce, incite, motivate, impel, push, goad, drive, catalyze; Antonym: block, stymie.
3. To hurry up.
adj
adj
- formerly
To prove oneself worthy of a knighthood through acts of bravery.
- To show one's proficiency at something and so attain distinction.
- Suddenly; on an impulse.
Phrasal Verb: spur someone or something on
- To incite, encourage, provoke, etc them.
spurrey
spurry
noun
- spurries
1. Any of several varieties of annual plants or weeds, related to the pearlworts, which have very slender stems and leaves and small delicate flowers.
