growth spurt

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growth spurt

noun growth spurts

  1. A sudden growth in one's body, especially during adolescence. Donaldson is not by any means one of God’s chosen entertainment-industry stars. He’s not especially handsome, and neither is he particularly funny-looking. At 6ft 5in, and with the sparse reddish beard he nowadays sports, he has the charmingly awkward aspect of a teen who has recently put on a growt

verb growth spurts · growth spurting · growth spurted

  1. informal To undergo growth spurts.

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noun sudden growth in one's body

Españolestirón
中文生長突增 /生长突增 shēngzhǎng tūzēng
Portuguêssurto de crescimento, espichão
Françaispoussée de croissance
DeutschWachstumsschub
Românăpuseu de creștere

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@misc{growth_spurt_2026,
  title = {growth spurt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/growth%20spurt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}