Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sprung

/spɹʌŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: sprung
IPA: /spɹʌŋ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of spring

adj

Fitted or cushioned with springs.

adj

Worn out such that the springiness has dissipated.

adj

Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest; originally and literally, having a penile erection.

Slang

adj

Caught doing something illegal or against the rules.

Australian usage; Slang

adj

Dated; Slang

adj

cracked or strained.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"“When do you write to Colonel Brandon, ma’am?” was an enquiry which sprung from the impatience of her mind to have something going on."
"Near-synonym: spring-loaded"
"a sprung mattress"
"the sprung weight of a vehicle"
"My old money clip was sprung, so I replaced it."
"I like big butts and I cannot lie. / You other brothers can’t deny / that when a girl walks in / with a itty bitty waist / and a round thing in your face you get sprung."

Usage

Inflected Forms

more sprung (comparative) most sprung (superlative)

Phrases

coil-sprung leaf-sprung

Frequently Paired Words

boing

Synonyms

spring-loaded smitten taken caught with a hand in the cookie jar red-handed crazed splintered drunk

Antonyms

unsprung

Rhymes With

young among tongue hung lung sung kung swung chung flung strung stung

Questions

How do you pronounce sprung?: The recorded pronunciation is /spɹʌŋ/.
What does sprung mean?: simple past and past participle of spring

How to pronounce sprung

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