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sprunt up

sprunt up verb: to draw oneself up suddenly, as in anger or defiance; to bristle up.

Verb

sprunt up (third-person singular simple present sprunts up, present participle sprunting up, simple past and past participle sprunted up)

  1. (US, dialectal, intransitive) To draw oneself up suddenly, as in anger or defiance; to bristle up.

Forms of sprunt up

third-person singular presentsprunts up
present participlesprunting up
past participlesprunted up
pastsprunted up

Questions about sprunt up

What does sprunt up mean?
Sprunt up means to draw oneself up suddenly, as in anger or defiance; to bristle up.
What part of speech is sprunt up?
Sprunt up is a verb.
What is the past tense of sprunt up?
The past tense of sprunt up is sprunted up.

Words near sprunt up in the dictionary

  1. sprunk
  2. sprunks
  3. sprunnies
  4. sprunny
  5. sprunt
  6. sprunt up
  7. sprunted
  8. sprunted up
  9. sprunting
  10. sprunting up
  11. spruntly

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