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sprenting

sprenting is the present participle and gerund of sprent.

Meaning of sprent

Verb

sprent (third-person singular simple present sprents, present participle sprenting, simple past and past participle sprented)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, intransitive) To leap; bound; move quickly; dart

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Questions about sprenting

What is sprenting the present participle and gerund of?
Sprenting is the present participle and gerund of sprent.

Words near sprenting in the dictionary

  1. Sprengers
  2. Sprenkle
  3. Sprenkles
  4. sprent
  5. sprented
  6. sprenting
  7. sprents
  8. spreon
  9. spreons
  10. SPREP
  11. Spreyton

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