spurting
Shooting out forcefully
Spurting describes liquid ejecting in sudden, forceful bursts: Blood was spurting from the wound, Water spurted from the broken pipe.
The word implies intermittent jets rather than a steady stream.
Figuratively, spurting can describe any sudden burst of activity or movement: The car went spurting ahead when the light changed.
Forced fluid stream
- sprayDispersed liquid droplets
- squirtForced liquid jet
- spoutProjecting pouring tube
- shootDischarge or capture
gush · eject · expel · discharge · emit · propel · fountain · nozzle
Profuse discharge of blood
- arteryOxygen-rich blood conduit
- veinVessel toward heart
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- gashDeep, ragged incision
cut · bloodletting · tourniquet · clotting · hemostasis · laceration · puncture · severed
Erupting thermal vent
- eruptionViolent sudden release
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- torrentViolent rushing flow
- streamSteady continuous flow
cascade · outpouring · outflow · deluge · rush · burst · flood · wellspring
jet
Forced fluid stream
shoot · gush · eject · expel · discharge · emit · propel · fountain · nozzle · syringe
hemorrhage
Profuse discharge of blood
gash · cut · bloodletting · tourniquet · clotting · hemostasis · laceration · puncture · severed · pulsing
geyser
Erupting thermal vent
stream · cascade · outpouring · outflow · deluge · rush · burst · flood · wellspring · hydrant
pulsing
Beating with rhythm
- throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
- rhythmicHaving regular tempo
- irregularDeviating from normal patterns
fitful · bursts · starts · stops · sputtering · coughing · hiccupping · erratic · periodic · waves
drip
Liquid falling slowly
leak · seep · weep · dribble · escape · percolate · exude · breach · rupture · crack
- fluid movementflowing, pouring, dripping, draining, oozing
- flow typeslaminar, turbulent, steady, continuous, intermittent
- bleeding disordershemophilia, bleeding disorder, haemophilia
spurtingstanding
Position, physical or social
still · stagnant · pooling · stationary · motionless