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sprute

verbverb

to spurt, to gush · to splash, to spray, to squirt · to fly up (of gravel, snow, sparks)

EtymologyOpphav

opprinnelig ‘skyte fram, spire’, beslektet med sprudle originally 'to shoot forth, to sprout', related to sprudle 'to bubble'

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. slippe ut væske to let out liquid
    • det sprutet vann ut av slangen water spurted out of the hose
  2. skvette (I, 1)to splash, fosseto gush to splashskvette (I, 1), to gushfosse
    • dra til noen så blodet spruter to hit someone so hard that the blood spurts
    • søla sprutet om beina the mud splashed up around their legs
    • regne så det spruter to rain so hard that the water splashes up
  3. fyke (1)to fly through the air to fly through the airfyke (1)
    • kjøre så grusen spruter to drive so that the gravel flies
    • snøen sprutet unna skiene the snow flew up from under the skis
  4. sende ut væske i stråler (I, 3)jets eller dråper (1)drops;
    skvette (II, 1)to splash, sprøyte (II, 2)to spray
    to send out liquid in jetsstråler (I, 3) or dropsdråper (1);
    to splashskvette (II, 1), to spraysprøyte (II, 2)
    • sprute vann på noen to squirt water at someone
  5. sende ut to send out
    • sprute gnister to shoot out sparks
  6. briste (4)to burst out to burst outbriste (4)
    • sprute ut i latter to burst out laughing