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sprigs

sprigs is the plural of sprig.

sprigs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sprig.

Meaning of sprig

Noun

sprig (plural sprigs)

  1. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.
    • a sprig of laurel or of parsley
  2. An ornament resembling a small shoot or twig.
  3. One of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in applique lace.
  4. (derogatory, humorous, mildly, sometimes) 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...
  5. A brad, or nail without a head.
  6. A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.

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Questions about sprigs

What is sprigs the plural of?
Sprigs is the plural of sprig.

Words near sprigs in the dictionary

  1. sprightlinesses
  2. sprightly
  3. sprights
  4. spriglet
  5. spriglets
  6. sprigs
  7. sprigtail
  8. sprigtails
  9. Sprincon
  10. spring
  11. spring a butt

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