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respring

respring verb: to spring again.

Verb

respring (third-person singular simple present resprings, present participle respringing, simple past resprang or resprung, past participle resprung)

  1. (transitive) To spring again.
    • to respring a trap
  2. (transitive) To restart (usually by crashing) SpringBoard on (a mobile device running iOS) without rebooting the device.

Forms of respring

third-person singular presentresprings
present participlerespringing
pastresprang
pastresprung
past participleresprung

Origin of respring

From re- + spring.

Questions about respring

What does respring mean?
Respring means to spring again.
What part of speech is respring?
Respring is a verb.
What is the past tense of respring?
The past tense of respring is resprang.

Words near respring in the dictionary

  1. resprayings
  2. resprays
  3. respread
  4. respreading
  5. respreads
  6. respring
  7. respringing
  8. resprings
  9. resprite
  10. resprited
  11. resprites

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