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- Dictionaryspur/spər/
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: "profit was both the spur and the reward of enterprise" 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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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 definition: 1. to encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster: 2. to push spurs into the…. Learn more.
SPUR meaning: 1. to encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster: 2. to push spurs into the…. Learn more.
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.
1.verb. If one thing spurs you to do another, it encourages you to do it. It's the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats. [VERB noun to-infinitive] His friend's plight had spurred him into taking part. [V n + to/into] Synonyms: incite, drive, prompt, press More Synonyms of spur.
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. Economists talk of lowering interest rates to spur spending.
[usually singular] a fact or an event that makes you want to do something better or more quickly synonym motivation. spur (to something) His speech was a powerful spur to action. A few encouraging words might provide just the spur she needs. spur for something The research provided a spur for reform. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
SPUR definition: 1. to encourage someone to do something or something to happen: 2. a sharp, pointed piece of metal…. Learn more.
Something that acts as a spur to something else encourages a person or organization to do that thing or makes it happen more quickly.
