spurring

Definition of Spurring in English :

a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

Example Sentences:
'the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Spurring

present participle of verb

spur

n.

1. A short spike or spiked wheel that attaches to the heel of a rider's boot and is used to urge a horse forward.

2. An incentive: a spur to action.

3. A spurlike attachment or projection, as:

a. A spinelike process on the leg of some birds.

b. A climbing iron; a crampon.

c. A gaff attached to the leg of a gamecock.

d. A short or stunted branch of a tree.

e. A bony outgrowth or protuberance.

4. A lateral ridge projecting from a mountain or mountain range.

5. An oblique reinforcing prop or stay of timber or masonry.

6. Botany A tubular or saclike extension of the corolla or calyx of a flower, as in a columbine or larkspur.

7. An ergot growing on rye.

8. A spur track.

v. spurred, spur·ring, spurs

v.tr.

1. To urge (a horse) on by the use of spurs.

2. To incite or stimulate: "A business tax cut is needed to spur industrial investment" (New York Times).

v.intr.

To ride quickly by spurring a horse.