how to pronounce spur

/ˈspɝ/

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An example use of spur in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… parades if you ever want to spur some …”

meanings of spur

noun:

The short wooden buttress of a post.
A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
A short thin side shoot from a branch, especially one that bears fruit or, in conifers, the shoots that bear the leaves.
A piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
Roots, tree roots.
Ergotized rye or other grain.
A branch of a vein.
A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.
A jab given with the spurs.
Someone connected with Tottenham Hotspur FC, as a fan, player, coach etc.
A wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
The track of an animal, such as an otter; a spoor.
Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale to strip off the blubber.
An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
A short branch road of a motorway, freeway or major road.
A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
A tern.
A very short branch line of a railway line.

verb:

To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
To put spurs on.
To press forward; to travel in great haste.
To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object.
Alternative form of speer.

spur frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word spur occurs in english on average 3.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics spur can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that spur can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;