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 Spurs 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
7
Words with Friends
9

The word Spur is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 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 Spurs

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