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sparrings

sparrings is the plural of sparring.

Meaning of sparring

Noun

sparring (countable and uncountable, plural sparrings)

  1. The act of one who spars.
    • Albeit he is under the influence of the magic juice, Lysander's words to Hermia — once he has switched his romantic allegiance to Helena — are bitter, cruel. At times Benedick and Beatrice's verbal sparrings drip with an acidity that smarts.2010, Kenneth Tucker, Shakespeare and Jungian Typology: A Reading of the Plays, page 48

Questions about sparrings

What is sparrings the plural of?
Sparrings is the plural of sparring.

Words near sparrings in the dictionary

  1. sparrers
  2. sparres
  3. sparriness
  4. sparring
  5. sparringly
  6. sparrings
  7. sparrow
  8. Sparrow criterion
  9. Sparrow criterions
  10. sparrow dominoes
  11. sparrow fart

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