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SPUR definition: 1. to encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster: 2. to push spurs into the…. Learn more.
1. a. : a pointed device secured to a rider's heel and used to urge on the horse. b. spurs plural [from the acquisition of spurs by a person achieving knighthood]: recognition and reward for achievement. won his academic spurs as the holder of a chair in a university—James Mountford. 2. : a goad to action : stimulus. 3.
SPUR meaning: 1. to encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster: 2. to push spurs into the…. Learn more.
1. a pointed device or sharp spiked wheel fixed to the heel of a rider's boot to enable him or her to urge the horse on. 2. anything serving to urge or encourage.
To spur something on is to get it going, to encourage it, to hasten it or stimulate. Cowboys wear spiky metal tools called spurs on their boots to kick their horses and spur them to greater speed. SKIP TO CONTENT
Spur definition: a U-shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a riding boot and has a blunt or pointed metal part projecting from the back. See examples of SPUR used in a sentence.
spur. (spûr) n. 1. A short spike or spiked wheel that attaches to the heel of a rider's boot and is used to urge a horse forward. 2. An incentive: a spur to action. 3. A spurlike attachment or projection, as: a. A spinelike process on the leg of some birds. b. A climbing iron; a crampon. c. A gaff attached to the leg of a gamecock. d.
