sprig
/spɹɪɡ/
sprig noun: a small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.
Noun
sprig (plural sprigs)
- A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.
- a sprig of laurel or of parsley
- […] from this bush in the dooryard, / With delicate-color’d blossoms and heart-shaped leaves of rich green, / A sprig with its flower I break.1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems
- An ornament resembling a small shoot or twig.
- One of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in applique lace.
- A youth; a lad.
- a sprig whom I remember, with a whey-face and a satchel, not so many years ago1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown...
- A brad, or nail without a head.
- A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
- A house sparrow.
Verb
sprig (third-person singular simple present sprigs, present participle sprigging, simple past and past participle sprigged)
sprig meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
sprig in Tamil
- சிறு கிளை, கூரியம், அரும்பு
sprig in Bengali
- ছোট ডাল, পল্লব
sprig in Telugu
- small shoot or twig
- రెమ్మ remma
sprig in Malayalam
- തളിരിലത്തണ്ട്, ചുളളിക്കൊമ്പ്, ചെറുപ്പക്കാരൻ, ചെറുആണി
More languagesFewer languages
- sprig in Kannada
- ಕೊನೆ, ಸಣ್ಣಕೊಂಬೆ, ಚಿಕ್ಕರೆಂಬೆ, ಕುಡಿ
- sprig in Arabic
- عَسْلُوج ʕaslūj
Examples of sprig in a sentence
- He muddled the mint sprigs in the bottom of the glass.
- Top each tostado with the tomato mixture, sour cream, and cilantro sprigs.
- Top the gelée with a scoop of sorbet and garnish with a sprig of baby basil.
Forms of sprig
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sprigs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sprigs |
| present participle | sprigging |
| past participle | sprigged |
| past | sprigged |
Origin of sprig
From Middle English sprig, sprigge, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle Low German sprik, spricke (“a dry, easily broken twig that has fallen from a tree; sprig”). Compare also dialectal English sprag (“sprig, twig”), English spray (“branch”), Old English spræc (“a shoot”), German Low German Spricke, Sprick (“dry branch, twig”).
Words formed from sprig
Words that rhyme with sprig
Questions about sprig
- What does sprig mean?
- Sprig means a small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.
- What is sprig in Tamil?
- Sprig in Tamil is சிறு கிளை, கூரியம், அரும்பு. See Sprig meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sprig?
- Sprig can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce sprig?
- Sprig is pronounced /spɹɪɡ/.
- What is the plural of sprig?
- The plural of sprig is sprigs.
Words near sprig in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sprig (page history and authors); sprig (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sprig (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sprig (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sprig (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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