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sprunted

sprunted is the simple past and past participle of sprunt.

Meaning of sprunt

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, regional) To make quick or convulsive movements; to start, to jump.
    • They acted a Tragedy at Padua when I was there last June 1786 I think: the Actors struggled & bounced, and sprunted as if in Convulsions […].1786 August 16, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana
  2. (Scotland, archaic, intransitive) To court, flirt, or make romantic advances; esp. after dusk and under the cover of darkness, sometimes among haystacks.
    • To a laft amang some hay; Like others i' the splunting way.1823, Kennedy, James, Poems and Songs
    1. (Scotland, archaic, intransitive) To seek to gain the affections of a person.

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What is sprunted the simple past and past participle of?
Sprunted is the simple past and past participle of sprunt.

Words near sprunted in the dictionary

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

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