The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spurt \Spurt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spurted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Spurting.]
   To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

spurting
    adj 1: propelled violently in a usually narrow stream [syn:
           jetting, spouting, spurting, squirting]