Usually means: Impulsive decision without prior planning.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word spur of the moment:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. spur of the moment: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. spur-of-the-moment: Merriam-Webster
  3. spur-of-the-moment: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. spur-of-the-moment, spur-of-the-moment: Collins English Dictionary
  5. spur-of-the-moment: Vocabulary.com
  6. spur-of-the-moment: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. spur-of-the-moment, spur of the moment: Wiktionary
  8. spur-of-the-moment: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. spur-of-the-moment, spur of the moment: Dictionary.com
  10. Spur of the Moment (The Twilight Zone), Spur of the Moment (album), Spur of the Moment (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. spur-of-the-moment: Rhymezone
  12. spur-of-the-moment: FreeDictionary.org
  13. spur-of-the-moment: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. spur-of-the-moment: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spur-of-the-moment: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spur-of-the-moment: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spur-of-the-moment: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spur-of-the-moment: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spur of the moment: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (spur of the moment)

noun:  (idiomatic) Impulse; short notice; a lack of planning.

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