Respring

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To spring again. transitive

    "to respring a trap"

  2. 2
    To restart (usually by crashing) SpringBoard on (a mobile device running iOS) without rebooting the device. transitive

Etymology

From re- + spring.

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