n.
1.a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
2.any pointed projection
3.tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
4.a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
5.a railway line connected to a trunk line spur v.
1.incite or stimulate
2.give heart or courage to
3.strike with a spur
4.goad with spurs
5.equip with spurs
Idiom of the Day
look like the cat that ate/swallowed the canary
to seem very self-satisified, to look like you have just had some kind of success
The boy looked like the cat that ate the canary when he won the race.
