present participle of spur

An application of the spurs to a horse.

(UK, dialect, Northern England) banns of marriage

To spur or urge (someone) to do something.

(soccer) someone connected with Tottenham Hotspur FC, as a fan, player, coach etc.

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 jab given with the spurs.

(obsolete, dialectal) Alternative form of speer.

(electronics) A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.

(transitive) To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig. / (transitive) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object

The track of an animal, such as an otter; a spoor.