Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
spuke |
noun |
See Spook. |
spume |
noun |
Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum., To froth; to foam. |
spumy |
adjective |
Consisting of, containing, or covered with, froth, scum, or foam; frothy; foamy. |
spunk |
noun |
Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou., An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk. |
spurn |
verb t. |
To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick., To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt., To kick or toss up the heels., To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance., A kick; a blow with the foot., Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment., A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass. |
spurt |
verb i. |
To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt., To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth., A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space., To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency. |
spute |
verb t. |
To dispute; to discuss. |
sputa |
plural |
of Sputum |