spurt

Object

• blood: It spurted blood despite the pressure he was putting on it.
• water: It had a very cool slide with flashing lights and spurting water.

Converse of object

• see: The last five years have seen a spurt of scholarly interest in the non-communist left of the labor movement.
• experience: There is peace and stability and we are experiencing encouraging spurts of business activity, investment, jobs and prosperity.
• have: You probably still go to the odd class or have spurts of gym visits rather than a steady routine.
• make: Unless Rough Patch makes a last minute spurt, that is.

Adjective modifier

• pubertal: Babies with TS tend to be small at birth, growth through childhood is slow and there is no pubertal growth spurt.
• sudden: I knew intuitively that the levels of energy upon this planet would increase steadily, with some sudden spurts, from now on.
• initial: The initial spurt of interest was due to the end user population also being virgin territory.
• short: The boat began to move in short spurts with a nasty grinding sound.
• recent: He stands 6 '2 " after a recent growth spurt.
• late: With an extraordinary late spurt ( 58/60 VPs in the last 3 matches ) the County qualified for the final stages of the Tollemache.

Modifying Another Word

everywhere: As you would expect the game is rather gorey and in parts blood spurts everywhere.

Noun used with modifier

• growth: The most widely accepted reason for the Irish growth spurt is of course the large inflow of overseas direct investment, mainly American.
• blood: Killing of guard by the mute woman: entry & withdrawal of knife, blood spurt are all cut.
• productivity: Even on the basis of half a business cycle there is no statistical evidence of a UK productivity spurt.

Preposition: of

• growth: There have however, been a number of periods when there has been a spurt of growth.
• blood: Also gory is the scene in which the creature is shot - a spurt of very red blood aims right toward the camera.
• activity: It's a kind of pause for breath after the spurt of activity over the last couple of weeks.
• energy: Noise - The word " noise " originated in audio practice and refers to random spurts of electrical energy or interference.