spurt /; AmE / noun [C]

a sudden increase in speed, effort, activity, etc. for a short period of time:

There has been a spurt in sales this month.

If we put on a spurt we'll finish this job today.

spurt verb [no obj]:

Shares in the company spurted 5% late yesterday.

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