Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
spurtle .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To spirt in a scattering manner.
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- verb To
spurt in ascattering manner.
Etymologies
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spirt + -le?
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Examples
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… and so hot are our bellies that you will not wait three minutes in this hut of fifty-four men without hearing a loud spirtle of wind from someone.
Behavior in Public Places ERVING GOFFMAN 1963
johnmperry commented on the word spirtle
also spurtle
a wooden stick for stirring porridge
August 17, 2008
BrainyBabe commented on the word spirtle
Akin to a bishkek.
December 23, 2008