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sprack

/ˈspɹæk/

sprack adjective: lively, full of energy.

Adjective

sprack (comparative more sprack, superlative most sprack)

  1. (UK, dialectal) lively, full of energy
    • She was apprenticed as a 'pupil teacher,' at fourteen years of age, and deemed to have a more than ordinary chance of doing well and getting on, for she was clever, and what is called 'sprack' in the part of the country where she lived.1864, Jean Ingelow, chapter 1, in Studies for Stories: Emily's Ambition
    • "Yes, that I be, and I 'ave a little boy, he be a sprack little chap."1916, J. H. Morgan, Leaves from a Field Note-Book

Forms of sprack

comparativemore sprack
superlativemost sprack
alternative formsprag
alternative formsprak

Origin of sprack

From Middle English sprak, from Old Norse sparkr, sprekr (“lively”) and/or Old Norse sprækr (“lively”), from Proto-Germanic *sparkaz, *sprēkijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(a)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). More at spark.

Words formed from sprack

Words that rhyme with sprack

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Questions about sprack

What does sprack mean?
Sprack means lively, full of energy.
What part of speech is sprack?
Sprack is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sprack?
Sprack is pronounced /ˈspɹæk/.

Words near sprack in the dictionary

  1. sprachbunds
  2. sprachbünde
  3. sprachgefuhl
  4. sprachgefühl
  5. Sprachraum
  6. sprack
  7. sprackle
  8. sprackled
  9. Spracklen
  10. sprackles
  11. sprackling

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