splurt, v.
(splɜːt)
[Imitative: cf. splirt v.]
1. trans. To squirt or spirt out (liquid). dial.
| 1825–54 in N. Cy. and Northampt. glossaries (s.v. Splirt). |
2. intr. To sputter or splash.
| 1845 J. Keegan Leg. & Poems (1907) 259 When the fire⁓canoe of the pale-face first hissed and splurted in the great waters of the mighty Missouri. |