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Meaning spur meaning

What does spur mean?

spur

— noun (= prod, prodding) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves — verb incite or stimulate The Academy was formed to spur research — verb give heart or courage to — verb goad with spurs the rider spurred his horse — verb strike with a spur — noun a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on — noun any sharply pointed projection — noun tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers — noun (= branch line) a railway line connected to a trunk line — verb equip with spurs spur horses

Synonyms spur synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as spur?

spur English » English

urge stimulate prod encourage goad incite impel stir up instigate prompt spur on abet trigger stir incentive provocate stimulus motive branch line spine push provoke prick fillip urging urge on sting stimulator spur track impetus gad force drive spurring rower rouse ridge ram projection prodding press overcharge needle motivate kick inspire inducement impulsion impulse goading

Topics spur topics

What do people use spur to talk about?
Universe, creation Animal Parts of an animal

Parts of a bird
Social behavior Conflict

Fight
Physical actions Move something Take somewhere

Drive along

Conjugation spur conjugation

How do you conjugate spur?

spur · verb

Examples spur examples

How do I use spur in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The decision was taken on the spur of the moment.
More money for education will spur economic growth.

Movie subtitles

Blimey, I always catch the carpet with my spur.
No, we can just pretend you decided to do it on the spur of the moment.
Ed, Cotton, when we get the train on the spur, start hopping.
We must have picked up a spur.
Spur your proud horses hard. and ride in blood!
The spur of the moment and it's done.
That may be on the spur of the moment.
You know how I do things on the spur of the moment.
First dig of the spur.
I was standing right over here when you said it, and I was standing right out there on those front steps when he walked up the horse, grabbed a hunk of mane, - stepped up on him and sunk spur. - Where did he go?
Something's been running on this spur.
According to this, Grant's railroad spur branches off three miles up.
Where's your spur?
Only a spur.
My dear boy, one doesn't meet Mata Hari on the spur of the moment like that.
Last night I lost the other spur.
I'll keep the spur as a souvenir.
And this spur here?
I act on the spur of the moment. I act on impulse.
Then what will you do with this spur of yours, my cockerel?
As if it would happen on the spur of the moment!
I invited them on the spur of the moment.
I've been through about 25 X-rays, Hedley, and there's no sign of a bone spur or skeletal abnormality.
Who figures it out they put a spur there?
I came up on the spur of the moment.
Darling, I've been thinking. Why couldn't there be a spur track right on Spanish Bit?
They got the sleeper off on the spur.
I don't see why she should've been sacked just because she had a bit more spur than the others!
It would spur me on!
Those strugglings are just a trick to spur the men.
It must be that garrison rail spur.
I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent. But only vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself and falls on the other side.
And fly by the touch of spur unguided!
Now, Chauncey I know you're not a man to act on the spur of the moment so don't feel that you have to rush into a decision.
It worked miracles with those spur wounds.
Spur wounds?

News and current affairs

Our own generation urgently needs to spur another era of great social change.
Nigeria hosted two landmark summits, on malaria in 2000 and on AIDS in 2001, which were a crucial spur to action.
That should be a spur to policy action.
Clinton has created a raft of new positions at the State Department to spur outreach to different social segments.
As these retail products start to take shape, they will spur increased activity in the derivative markets.
And, even if development aid does spur GDP growth, this does not necessarily lead to better lives for the poorest citizens, especially in the short term.
Such creative approaches could spur a tremendous amount of research and development on behalf of the world's poor, and do much more good than yet another IMF-World Bank mission.
One would have thought that torture was the result of blunders or unintentional excesses committed on the spur of the moment.
Higher prices for oil substitutes spur research into other energy technologies - research that is much needed today if we are to tackle the problems of global climate change tomorrow.
If internal elections become widespread, the lines of ideological disagreement within elite circles might become more clearly drawn, which could further spur calls for some kind of representative institutional structure.
The good news is that African governments are getting the message on how to spur economic growth, and are also getting crucial help from China and other partners that are less wedded to extreme free-market ideology than the World Bank.
They might also spur developing countries to do what it takes to join that market.
Perhaps Hurricane Sandy will spur US citizens and politicians to take climate change seriously - and to implement public policies aimed at protecting America's cities and coastlines.
Merkel and Hollande will discuss the main question - how to spur economic growth without increasing public debt - on May 15 in Berlin.
Tax reform, however, can provide spur retraining and maintain incentives to work, even while fixing gaping fiscal holes.
Yes, Japan will rebuild, which will undoubtedly spur some type of recovery in its disaster-battered economy.
The corruption and lawlessness that characterizes Yanukovych's Ukraine should spur the EU to hold fast both to the letter and the spirit of its conditions.
The sense of accountability that PISA fosters among governments and education ministers has helped to spur them into action.
Rather than focusing our attention on alternatives to US leadership, we should be emphasizing its importance - an approach that would help to spur the US to rededicate itself to its international responsibilities.
Second, the Bush team is pledging to bring democracy to Iraq, a transformation that - it is hoped - will spur democratization across the region.
The introduction of the euro was supposed to spur the less dynamic and competitive European economies, mostly in the south of the continent, to drive down their costs and increase their competitiveness.
Of course, I may be far too optimistic in thinking that the tragedy in the Gulf will spur a more sensible energy policy that attempts to moderate consumption rather than constantly seeking new ways to fuel it.
Fixing the housing market could also help spur consumption.
In countries like Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines, environmental protest has helped spur political reform.

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