Definition of spur

"spur" in the noun sense

1. goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring

a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

"the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"

2. spur, spine, acantha

any sharply pointed projection

3. spur

tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers

4. spur, gad

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"

5. branch line, spur track, spur

a railway line connected to a trunk line

"spur" in the verb sense

1. spur

incite or stimulate

"The Academy was formed to spur research"

2. spur, goad

give heart or courage to

3. spur

strike with a spur

4. spur

goad with spurs

"the rider spurred his horse"

5. spur

equip with spurs

"spur horses"

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Quotations for spur

Emulation adds its spur. [ Lucan ]

Spur not a free horse to death. [ Proverb ]

Art needs no spur beyond itself. [ Victor Hugo ]

Vanity is often the unseen spur. [ Thackeray ]

There is chance in a cock's spur. [ Proverb ]

Laziness calls for whip and spur. [ Proverb ]

A good horseman wants a good spur. [ Proverb ]

Bravery is often too sharp a spur. [ Kossuth ]

A dull ass near home needs no spur. [ Proverb ]

Opposition is the very spur of love. [ Smollett ]

Necessity is often the spur to genius. [ Balzac ]

The noblest spur unto the sons of fame.
Is thirst of honour. [ John Hall ]

They that drive away time spur a free horse. [ Robert Mason ]

Reason lies between the spur and the bridle. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

A spur in the head is worth two in the heels. [ Proverb ]

Who would ever care to do brave deed,
Or strive in virtue others to excel.
If none should yield him his deserved meed
Due praise, that is the spur of doing well?
For if good were not praised more than ill,
None would choose goodness of his own free will. [ Spenser ]

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble minds,)
To scorn delights and live laborious days. [ Milton ]

It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse. [ Proverb ]

Difficulties spur us whenever they do not check us. [ Charles Reade ]

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. [ Rousseau ]

Genius may at times want the spur, but it stands as often in need of the curb. [ Longinus ]

Some kind of pace may be got out of the veriest jade by the near prospect of oats; but the thoroughbred has the spur in his blood. [ Lowell ]

When you introduce into our schools a spirit of emulation, you have present the keenest spur admissible to the youthful intellect. [ Horace Mann ]

The impulse to perform a worthy action often springs from our best nature, but is afterwards tainted by the spur of selfishness or sinister interest. [ Emile Souvestre ]

Does the man live who has not felt this spur to action, in a more or less generous spirit? Emulation lives so near to envy that it is sometimes difficult to establish the boundary-lines. [ Henry Giles ]

Nobility of birth does not always ensure a corresponding nobility of mind; if it did, it would always act as a stimulus to noble actions; but it sometimes acts as a clog, rather than a spur. [ Colton ]

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears otherwise gives advantage to the danger; it is less folly not to endeavor the prevention of the evil thou fearest than to fear the evil which thy endeavor cannot prevent. [ Quarles ]

spur in Scrabble®

The word spur is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

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spur in Words With Friends™

The word spur is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

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Word Growth involving spur

Shorter words in spur

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Longer words containing spur

cockspur cockspurs

crosspurpose crosspurposes

hotspur

larkspur larkspurs

sandspur sandspurs

spurge spurges

spurge spurgewort spurgeworts

spurious spuriously

spurious spuriousness

spurless

spurlike

spurmaker spurmakers

spurmaking

spurn spurned

spurn spurner spurners

spurn spurning

spurn spurns

spurofthemoment

spurred

spurrer spurrers

spurrey spurreys

spurrier

spurries

spurring

spurry

spurs cockspurs

spurs larkspurs

spurs sandspurs

spurs spurshaped

spurt spurted

spurt spurter spurters

spurt spurting

spurt spurts

spurwort spurworts