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Definition spur

Etymology 1

From Middle English spure, spore, from Old English spura, spora, from Proto-Germanic *spurô, from Proto-Indo-European *sper-, *sperw- (“to twitch, push, fidget, be quick”).

Noun

spur (plural spurs)

  1. A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
  2. A jab given with the spurs.
  3. Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
  4. An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
  5. Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
  6. Roots, tree roots.
  7. A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
  8. A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale to strip off the blubber.
  9. (carpentry) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
  10. (architecture) The short wooden buttress of a post.
  11. (architecture) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
  12. Ergotized rye or other grain.
  13. A wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
  14. (shipbuilding) A piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
  15. (shipbuilding) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
  16. (mining) A branch of a vein.
Verb

spur (third-person singular simple present spurs, present participle spurring, simple past and past participle spurred)

  1. (transitive) To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
  2. (transitive) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
  3. (transitive) To put spurs on.
  4. (intransitive) To press forward; to travel in great haste.

Etymology 2

See sparrow.

Noun

spur (plural spurs)

  1. A tern.

Etymology 3

Short for spurious.

Noun

spur (plural spurs)

  1. (electronics) A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.

Etymology 4

Noun

spur (plural spurs)

  1. The track of an animal, such as an otter; a spoor.

Etymology 5

Verb

spur (third-person singular simple present spurs, present participle spurring, simple past and past participle spurred)

  1. (obsolete, dialectal) Alternative form of speer.

Results 288 Words with the letters SPUR

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7 letter words with the letters SPUR 
6 letter words with the letters SPUR 
CARPUS 13
CORPUS 13
CROUPS 13
CRUMPS 16
CYPRUS 15
DRUPES 11
DUPERS 11
ERUPTS 10
FRUMPS 16
GROUPS 12
GRUMPS 15
PAREUS 10
PAROUS 10
PAUSER 10
PERDUS 11
PERUSE 10
POROUS 10
POSEUR 10
PRAHUS 12
PRIMUS 13
PRUDES 11
PRUNES 11
PRUNUS 12
PULERS 11
PULSAR 11
PULSER 11
PURDAS 11
PUREES 10
PUREST 10
PURGES 12
PURINS 11
PURISM 13
PURIST 10
PURSED 11
PURSER 10
PURSES 10
PURSUE 11
PUSHER 12
RUMPUS 14
RUPEES 10
SAPOUR 10
SIRUPS 10
SIRUPY 12
SLURPS 11
SPROUT 10
SPRUCE 13
SPRUCY 15
SPRUES 10
SPRUGS 12
SPRUNG 13
SPURGE 12
SPURNS 11
SPURRY 12
SPURTS 10
STUPOR 10
SUBPAR 13
SUPERB 13
SUPERS 10
SUPPER 13
SYRUPS 12
SYRUPY 14
TRUMPS 13
UNRIPS 11
UPPERS 13
UPRISE 10
UPROSE 10
UPRUSH 13
UPSOAR 10
UPSTIR 10
USURPS 11
5 letter words with the letters SPUR 
BURPS 12
PURLS 10
PURSY 11
RUMPS 12
SLURP 10
SPRUG 11
SPURN 10
SYRUP 11
USURP 10
4 letter words with the letters SPUR 
PURS 8
SPUR 8
3 letter words with the letters SPUR 
PUR 7
PUS 7
SUP 7
UPS 7
2 letter words with the letters SPUR 
UP 6
US 3

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