Definitions For Spur
noun
- A railway line connected to a trunk line
- A sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
- A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- Tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
- Any sharply pointed projection
- 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
- Goad with spurs
- Equip with spurs
- Strike with a spur
- Give heart or courage to
- Incite or stimulate
- 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 Spur 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
6
Words with Friends
8
The word Spur is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Spur 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 Spur
Antonyms for Spur
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