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spring a butt

spring a butt verb: to loosen the end of a plank in a ship's bottom.

Verb

spring a butt (third-person singular simple present springs a butt, present participle springing a butt, simple past sprang a butt, past participle sprung a butt)

  1. To loosen the end of a plank in a ship's bottom.

Forms of spring a butt

third-person singular presentsprings a butt
present participlespringing a butt
pastsprang a butt
past participlesprung a butt

Questions about spring a butt

What does spring a butt mean?
Spring a butt means to loosen the end of a plank in a ship's bottom.
What part of speech is spring a butt?
Spring a butt is a verb.
What is the past tense of spring a butt?
The past tense of spring a butt is sprang a butt.

Words near spring a butt in the dictionary

  1. sprigs
  2. sprigtail
  3. sprigtails
  4. Sprincon
  5. spring
  6. spring a butt
  7. spring a leak
  8. spring ahead, fall behind
  9. Spring and Autumn
  10. spring avens
  11. spring back

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