spur

A very significant encouragement or motivation.

A very strong and effective encouragement.

Used to refer to the set of two spurs worn by a horse rider.

To be a motivation or stimulus.

To function as a motivation or stimulus.

To supply someone with a reason to do something.

To provide someone with a motivation.

To press spurs into a specific part of a horse, like its flank.

To press spurs into a horse's sides to make it go faster.

Indicates what the encouragement leads to or stimulates.

Indicates the purpose or goal that the encouragement is intended for.