Definitions For Spurring

noun

  • A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
  • A sharp pointed object that is attached to the heel of a horse rider's boot and that is pressed into the horse's side to make the horse go faster
  • Something that makes you want to do something or that causes something to happen
  • A mass of sharp rock on the side of a mountain

verb

  • To encourage (someone) to do or achieve something
  • To cause (something) to happen or to happen more quickly
  • To urge (a horse) to go faster by pushing spurs into its sides

Is Spurring a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
15

The word Spurring is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Spurring in a Sentence

  • The threat of losing its only sports franchise was the spur the city council needed to finally do something about the rising crime rate
  • A weak wall that might need a spur
  • The reward spurred them to work harder.
  • Lower interest rates should spur economic growth.
  • He spurred the horse onward.

Synonyms for Spurring

Antonyms for Spurring

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