Sprung Definition

spruŋ
verb

Spring.

Webster's New World
Sprung is defined as having moved or jumped quickly, or to pay the cost for something.
An example of sprung is a scared cat suddenly having jumped into the air; he sprung into the air.
An example of sprung is for a friend to have paid for the cost of another friend's lunch; he sprung for lunch.
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Alternative form of sprang: Simple past tense of spring.

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Synonyms:
adjective
Having the springs broken, overstretched, or loose.
Webster's New World
Having the parts warped, bent, etc. so that they no longer fit together properly.
Webster's New World
Provided with or mounted on springs.
Webster's New World

(slang, African American Vernacular) Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest.

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Sprung Sentence Examples

  • He sprung up and grabbed the cookies.

  • He whirled at the all too familiar voice and sprung to his feet.

  • Grass had sprung up from boulders she touched, and she'd felt truly a part of her world for once in her life.

  • Thus it is used of the purchase used in raising the flukes of an anchor to the bill-board; of a piece of wood or metal used to strengthen a sprung mast or yard; and of a plate of metal used, as in railway construction, for the strengthening of the meeting-place of two rails.

  • A large sugar-beet industry has also sprung up here in modern times.

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Words Starting With

SSPSPR

Words Ending With

GNGUNG

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