If one thing spurs you to do another, it encourages you to do it.

If something spurs a change or event, it makes it happen faster or sooner.

Something that acts as a spur to something else encourages a person or organization to do that thing or makes it happen more quickly.

Spurs are small metal wheels with sharp points that are attached to the heels of a rider's boots. The rider uses them to make their horse go faster.

The spur of a hill or mountain is a piece of ground which sticks out from its side.

If you do something on the spur of the moment, you do it suddenly, without planning it beforehand.

If you win your spurs or earn your spurs, you achieve a particular status by proving that you can do something skilfully.