"growth spurt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: growth spurts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=growth spurt}} growth spurt (plural growth spurts)
  1. A sudden growth in one's body, especially during adolescence. Related terms: growing pains Translations (sudden growth in one's body): estirada [feminine] (Catalan), 生長突增 (Chinese Mandarin), 生长突增 (shēngzhǎng tūzēng) (Chinese Mandarin), groeispurt [masculine] (Dutch), kasvupyrähdys (Finnish), poussée de croissance [feminine] (French), estirada [feminine] (Galician), estirón [masculine] (Galician), medra [feminine] (Galician), Wachstumsschub [masculine] (German), vaxtarkippur [masculine] (Icelandic), surto de crescimento [masculine] (Portuguese), puseu de creștere [neuter] (Romanian), estirón [colloquial, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-growth_spurt-en-noun-RVv0WnVi

Verb

Forms: growth spurts [present, singular, third-person], growth spurting [participle, present], growth spurted [participle, past], growth spurted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} growth spurt (third-person singular simple present growth spurts, present participle growth spurting, simple past and past participle growth spurted)
  1. (informal) To undergo growth spurts. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Children
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Inflected forms

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