(n.) A blustering demonstration, or great effort; a great display.
(v. i.) To make a great display in any way, especially in oratory.
Example Sentences:
(1) If you don’t fancy the cost of what is undoubtedly a splurge stay, you can sample the glamour at its cafe-restaurant, itself a popular meeting place.
(2) Singles’ Day: Chinese to splurge $20bn in world's biggest shopping event Read more Monazahian was in London this week to speak about Bamilo, which Alexa ranks as Iran’s 17th most visited website, at the Iran Consumer Summit.
(3) An estimated £810m was spent online by British shoppers on Friday, according to internet retail experts IMRG, a figure that eclipsed the £650m splurge predicted for Cyber Monday, and potentially means Boxing Day has been usurped as the biggest shopping day of the year once store sales are taken into account.
(4) The lexicon for most retailers runs from impulse buy to splurge to treat; they prefer us to wander the aisles with our eyes wide open and our minds shut tight.
(5) So this very strong jet stream has kept this cold air locked in, and then suddenly it's been allowed to be released, sort of splurged out southwards, due to various meteorological factors.
(6) Knowing his previous work, it would be no surprise if this is how he had produced the metallic splurge.
(7) But this leaves a roller-coaster in spending with cuts in the first three years and then a splurge at the end of the next parliament.
(8) In the wake of Convergence, a giant crossover that briefly sucked all its comics into an alternate universe, DC has just launched a splurge of new titles to freshen up its line.
(9) Katie Martin (@katie_martin_FX) Barc on ceiling 'tremors': "Nervousness in the front end is driven more by fears related to a loss of liquidity than a loss of principal" October 9, 2013 Also coming up today.... a splurge of UK economic data at 9.30am (including trade and industrial production), Mario Draghi is giving a speech, Vince Cable is appearing at the Treasury committee to discuss the Royal Mail flotation, and the International Monetary Fund will release more details of its latest assessment of the World Economy.
(10) The news that Facebook has splurged $2bn (£1.2bn) on buying Oculus Rift , the world's first really viable virtual reality headset, has set off waves of plaintive snark in the world of videogames.
(11) He will probably leave fuming about 'broken promises' because they have not funded a splurge on top-quality championship players such as Marlon Harewood."
(12) The introduction of financial fair play rules means Chelsea do not intend to splurge as freely as they did earlier in the Roman Abramovich regime but when asked whether the club would be able to fork out up to £50m in the summer on a new player, Mourinho replied: "Yes, I think Chelsea can do that.
(13) Manchester United are planning another summer transfer splurge after this year’s £150m spend, with Real Madrid being viewed as the model for a strategy to recruit an elite player for every position in Louis van Gaal’s squad.
(14) But it has also meant a splurge of investment in European clubs, from Atlético Madrid to Manchester City, and even a controversial involvement in the Portuguese second division (the Chinese sponsor of the league had asked that each of the top 10 sides have a Chinese player in their squad – the idea was later abandoned).
(15) Money from the west funded an infrastructure splurge that brought new autobahns, rail links, a trade show centre and the development of Leipzig-Halle airport.
(16) The ruling led to a splurge of secret outside funding in the 2010 midterm elections in which about $300m was spent, a threefold increase on 2006.
(17) Some of my northern pals splurge on personalised number plates.
(18) They would not splurge money on vanity projects, on “free” schools, sports stadiums, high-speed railways, and flashy science and arts centres.
(19) The truth is that sharp cuts in global emissions are urgently required and one-quarter of Britain’s carbon budget will need to be splurged on aviation by 2050, according to the Committee on Climate Change.
(20) Bank of England credit figures appear to show that middle income families are paying down their debts at a slower pace to release funds for consumption rather than a splurge of spending based on higher consumer credit.
Spurge
Definition:
(v. t.) To emit foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation.
(n.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia.
Example Sentences:
(1) The toxic and irritant principles of the seed oil and of the latex of the caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyris L.) were isolated together with several non irritants of similar chemical structure.