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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