spur
/spɝ/ verb C2- To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
- To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
- To put spurs on. · to spur boots
- To press forward; to travel in great haste.
- To form a spur (senses 17-18 of the noun)
He/she/it spurs · Past spurred · Past participle spurred · -ing form spurring
Verb forms
- Base form
- spur
- He/she/it
- spurs
- Past
- spurred
- Past participle
- spurred
- -ing form
- spurring
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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So he sang a very mournful song that he made up on the spur of the minute, and just as he got to the most touching part, the grass quivered again, and Rikki-tikki, covered with dirt, dragged himself out of the hole leg by leg, licking his whiskers.
It is such a spur to one’s genius, such an opening for wit, to have a dislike of that kind.
A steep curve of heath-clad land, an outlying spur of the moor, lay in front of us.
Ali, smiling, repeated the sound, grasped the reins with a firm hand, and spurred his horses, whose beautiful manes floated in the breeze.
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