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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"
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"
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.
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.
Something that acts as a spur to something else encourages a person or organization to do that thing or makes it happen more quickly.
2 days ago · 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.
[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.
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.
