Spurring is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SPURRING in dictionary:

VERB:
• give an incentive or encouragement to (someone)
• promote the development of; stimulate
• prune in (a side shoot of a plant) so as to form a spur close to the stem
• urge (a horse) forward by digging one's spurs into its sides
NOUN:
• the act of spurring
• a horny spike on the back of the leg of a cock or male game bird, used in fighting.
• a steel point fastened to the leg of a gamecock.
• a thing that prompts or encourages someone; an incentive
• a projection from a mountain or mountain range
• a short branch road or railway line.
• a slender tubular projection from the base of a flower, e.g. a honeysuckle or orchid, typically containing nectar.
• a short fruit-bearing side shoot.
• a short pointed growth or process on a part of the body.
• a small, single-pointed support for ceramic ware in a kiln.
• a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
• a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider's heel and used for urging a horse forward.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• present participle of spur

Words related to SPURRING

spur6 spurred10 spurs7

Words that contain SPURRING

spurrings12

How to use SPURRING in a sentence

• He gladly handed me the dispatch, and spurring my horse I dashed up the creek.
• He soon, however, recovered his courage, and, spurring his horse, gave him the bridle and galloped swiftly forward.
• It was near midnight, on the 12th of October 1516, when a horseman, spurring his jaded steed, rode furiously down the path leading to the strong tower of Wedderburn.
• But anon there was spurring and plucking up of horses, for Sir Launcelot and many a noble knight rode up to the fire, and none might withstand him.
• As we lay in the hollow two horsemen came spurring along the ridge right in front of us, riding as hard as hoof could rattle.
• He was courageous and persistent, with the thought of Joan always spurring him to further effort.
• What splashing and screaming, and whipping and spurring, and how hopeless the chance of any of them to recover their lost ground.
• Spurring on their animals, Kit and his men soon met the advance guard of the soldiers and learned that their commander was Gen.
• What did his decent record, his honest purpose, avail him in an hour like this? He tried to lash himself to vigour, but it was spurring a broken-winded horse.
• Spurring frantically and beating my poor Arab with the flat of my sword I kept him at the top of his speed.
• And through the night from time to time a horseman came, spurring hard and spitting out strange Welsh oaths at the winds that harried him.
• The next moment I was in the saddle, spurring him up the bank.
• I wanted to question, the lad, but refrained, spurring my horse ahead so as to remove the temptation.
• We pushed it aside, and spurring our bravery by daring each other, we descended the dark stairway step by step until we came suddenly against the oak panel at the foot.
• The bandit was spurring his horse on the off side to get behind his companion.
• Like a bullet they went out of that corral and across the open space where the duel had been fought, with Dade and Valencia spurring desperately after.
• As Imre reached the bridge, the horse backed, and no spurring could induce him to cross.
• There were women folks in the castle, too, for occasionally they could be seen frantically spurring their defenders on to renewed exertions.
• Her fevered spirit hurried her along, spurring her with the menace of an imprisonment which was worse than the cramped horror of the grave.
• Then was there but spurring and plucking up of horses, and right so they came to the fire.
• Then spurring their horses, they rushed together with all their might, and broke each one his own spear short off in his hand.
• The King, under the spurring of his wife, made an effort to play the part of his father in 1783, with Peel for Pitt, and was beaten.
• A common rush followed him, and those who reached the open first saw Buck Daniels leaning far forward in his saddle and spurring desperately into the gloom of the night.
• She used, for the most part, to sit beside him herself, with her knitting implements, spurring him on to work.
• A mounted knight, spurring to the rescue of Sir Sandrit, was within a few bounds of the Lord of Hohenstaufen.

Similar words containing SPURR without suffix ing

spurry11 spurred10 spurrer9 spurrey12 spurrers10 spurreys13 spurrier10 spurries10 spurriers11 spurriest11 spurrings12

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