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- Dictionaryspur/spəː/
noun
- 1. a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider's heel and used for urging a horse forward.
- 2. a thing that prompts or encourages someone; an incentive: "wars act as a spur to practical invention" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. urge (a horse) forward by digging one's spurs into its sides: "she spurred her horse towards the hedge"
- 2. give an incentive or encouragement to (someone): "her sons' passion for computer games spurred her on to set up a software business"
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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 stimulate, encourage, or incite someone or something to take action or to move forward. "A single success can spur a lifetime of creativity." Detailed meaning of spur. It entails providing motivation, inspiration, or a sense of urgency to prompt or propel a person or entity into action.
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.
Definition of spur noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Spur definition: A short spike or spiked wheel that attaches to the heel of a rider's boot and is used to urge a horse forward. Dictionary Thesaurus
1. If one thing spurs you to do another, it encourages you to do it. [...] 1. Spur on means the same as spur. [...] 2. If something spurs a change or event, it makes it happen faster or sooner. [journalism] [...] 3. Something that acts as a spur to something else encourages a person or organization to do that thing or makes it happen more quickly.
definition 1: a device attached to a rider's boot heel that has a spike or toothed wheel and is used to urge the horse forward. The rider dug his spurs into the horse's sides. definition 2: anything that prods or incites to action or to greater effort or speed. synonyms:
