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sprug

sprug noun: house sparrow.

Noun

sprug (plural sprugs)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) house sparrow

Verb

sprug (third-person singular simple present sprugs, present participle sprugging, simple past and past participle sprugged)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To smarten (make smart).

Forms of sprug

Noun
pluralsprugs
Verb
third-person singular presentsprugs
present participlesprugging
past participlesprugged
pastsprugged

Origin of sprug

Compare dialectal English sprug up (“dress neatly”), sprag (“prop”, verb)/sprag (“lively”, adjective).

Questions about sprug

What does sprug mean?
Sprug means house sparrow.
What part of speech is sprug?
Sprug can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of sprug?
The plural of sprug is sprugs.

Words near sprug in the dictionary

  1. sprued
  2. sprueing
  3. Spruell
  4. Spruells
  5. sprues
  6. sprug
  7. sprugged
  8. sprugging
  9. sprugs
  10. Spruiell
  11. Spruiells

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