splurt

Sudden liquid ejection

Splurt is an informal, expressive word for liquid ejecting suddenly and messily—somewhere between a splash and a spurt.

It suggests a wet, splattering release: Ketchup splurted out of the bottle onto his shirt.

The noun describes the resulting mess or the sound itself.

The word is onomatopoeic, evoking the noise of something viscous escaping under pressure.

ejection

squirt

Forced liquid jet

  • gushFlow out forcefully
  • spewEject with force
  • sprayDispersed liquid droplets

burst · spout · eject · expel · discharge · shoot · jet · fountain · splash · ooze

sound

splat

Wet striking sound

  • squelchForcibly silence or suppress
  • plopSoft dropping sound
  • gurgleBubbling liquid sound

splutter · slosh · blob · glug · spatter · blurt · pfft · sploosh · burble · whoosh

Opposites
flow dynamics

splurttrickle

Thin, slow stream

drip · dribble · seep · ooze · leak

containment

splurtcontain

Hold within limits

hold · retain · absorb · dam up · plug

manner of liquid release

splurtcontrolled release

Gradual substance dispensing mechanism

slow leak · steady stream

Family

splurge, splurgy, splurted, splurting, splurts

Familiarity
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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G