Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spring out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English

Syllables: spring out
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To break out; to escape.

verb

To emerge or arise.

verb

To spend the season of spring in outdoor pursuits such as camping.

verb

To gush, spurt, or flow, particularly in the manner of blood.

Obsolete

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spring, out.

Example Sentences

"A pattern was emerging. Celtic were enjoying sustained periods of possession and pressure while Rangers were attempting to spring out on the counter."
"After this shall rise among you a Star out of jarob, and a Man shall spring out of my Seed, which shall walk as the Day-Sun of Righteousness among the children of Men, in Peace and Meekness, and Righteousness, and no Sin shall be found in him."
"Heimo and Edna have been “springing out” at one of their three cabins ever since they were married, twenty years ago."
"Herodes... was i-tormented wiþ... wormes þat welled þat sprang out of his prive harneys."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

springs out (present, singular) springing out (participle, present) sprang out (past) sprung out (participle, past)

Questions

What does spring out mean?: To break out; to escape.

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