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sprunting up

sprunting up is the present participle and gerund of sprunt up.

Meaning of sprunt 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.

Questions about sprunting up

What is sprunting up the present participle and gerund of?
Sprunting up is the present participle and gerund of sprunt up.

Words near sprunting up in the dictionary

  1. sprunt
  2. sprunt up
  3. sprunted
  4. sprunted up
  5. sprunting
  6. sprunting up
  7. spruntly
  8. sprunts
  9. sprunts up
  10. spry
  11. spryer

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