ALL meanings of spurring
spur
S s - noun spurring a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward. 1
- noun spurring anything that goads, impels, or urges, as to action, speed, or achievement. 1
- noun spurring climbing iron. 1
- noun spurring Ornithology. a stiff, usually sharp, horny process on the leg of various birds, especially the domestic rooster, or on the bend of the wing, as in jacanas and screamers. 1
- noun spurring Pathology. a bony projection or exostosis. 1
- noun spurring a sharp piercing or cutting instrument fastened to the leg of a gamecock in cockfighting; gaff. 1
- noun spurring Physical Geography. a ridge or line of elevation projecting from or subordinate to the main body of a mountain or mountain range. 1
- noun spurring something that projects and resembles or suggests a gaff; sharp projection. 1
- noun spurring a short or stunted branch or shoot, as of a tree. 1
- noun spurring Typography. a short, seriflike projection from the bottom of the short vertical stroke in the capital G in some fonts. 1
- noun spurring wing dam. 1
- noun spurring Botany. a slender, usually hollow, projection from some part of a flower, as from the calyx of the larkspur or the corolla of the violet. Also called spur shoot. a short shoot bearing flowers, as in fruit trees. 1
- noun spurring Architecture. a short wooden brace, usually temporary, for strengthening a post or some other part. any offset from a wall, as a buttress. griffe2 . 1
- noun spurring Ceramics. a triangular support of refractory clay for an object being fired. 1
- noun spurring Railroads. spur track. 1
- verb with object spurring to prick with or as if with a spur or spurs; incite or urge on: The rider spurred his mount ruthlessly. Appreciation spurs ambition. 1
- verb with object spurring to strike or wound with the spur, as a gamecock. 1
- verb with object spurring to furnish with spurs or a spur. 1
- verb without object spurring to goad or urge one's horse with spurs or a spur; ride quickly. 1
- verb without object spurring to proceed hurriedly; press forward: We spurred onward through the night. 1
- idioms spurring on the spur of the moment, without deliberation; impulsively; suddenly: We headed for the beach on the spur of the moment. 1
- idioms spurring win one's spurs, to achieve distinction or success for the first time; prove one's ability or worth: Our team hasn't won its spurs yet. 1