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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"
noun. 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: used by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward by pressing the projection against the horse’s flank. anything that urges or drives someone to act, hurry, etc.:
4 days ago · 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.
to encourage someone to do something or something to happen: Spurred on by his fans, he won the next three games easily. spur. noun [ C ] uk / spɜː r/ us. a sharp, pointed piece of metal fixed to the boot of someone riding a horse. Idioms. on the spur of the moment.
A passion to win the championship was the spur that galvanized him to train like never before.
spur. verb. /spər/ Verb Forms. to encourage someone to do something or to encourage them to try harder to achieve something spur somebody/something (on) to something/to do something Her difficult childhood spurred her on to succeed.
[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.
