Spur | Mean of spur in English Dictionary

/ˈspɚ/

• Noun
• a sharp pointed object that is attached to the heel of a horse rider's boot and that is pressed into the horse's side to make the horse go faster
• something that makes you want to do something or that causes something to happen
1. The reward was offered as a spur to greater work/achievement.
2. a spur to the imagination
• a mass of sharp rock on the side of a mountain

• a short section of railway track that leads from the main line
• to do something which shows that you deserve to be respected or noticed
1. He earned/won his spurs by doubling the company's profits in the past year.
• Verb
• to encourage (someone) to do or achieve something
1. The reward spurred them to work harder.
2. His encouragement spurred them on to finish the project.
• to cause (something) to happen or to happen more quickly
1. Lower interest rates should spur economic growth.
• to urge (a horse) to go faster by pushing spurs into its sides
1. He spurred the horse onward.