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Sprunt
Definitions
- 1 Active; lively; vigorous. obsolete
"As for that little sprunt piece of the Brain which they call the Conarion..."
- 2 Steep or sharp in ascent.
"Ya’ll mannish ti trunn’l yersen t’best hauf o’ t’way, bud efter that ya’ll finnd it a bit sprunt [said to a cyclist]. (You’ll manage to trundle yourself for the better half of the way, but after that, you’ll find it a bit sprunt.)"
- 1 A sudden movement; a leap or jump. obsolete
- 2 Something bouncy or perky. obsolete
- 3 A steep road, hill, or incline.
"“Lang slaunting sprunts,” tall sloping hills or “land-spurs”"
- 1 To make quick or convulsive movements; to start, to jump. obsolete, regional
"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 […]."
- 2 To court, flirt, or make romantic advances; esp. after dusk and under the cover of darkness, sometimes among haystacks. Scotland, archaic, intransitive
"To a laft amang some hay; Like others i' the splunting way."
- 3 To court, flirt, or make romantic advances; esp. after dusk and under the cover of darkness, sometimes among haystacks.; To seek to gain the affections of a person. Scotland, archaic, intransitive
Etymology
Apparently a variation of sprent or sprint. This term originated as a Victorian-era Scots word in the Roxburgh region.
Apparently a variation of sprent or sprint. This term originated as a Victorian-era Scots word in the Roxburgh region.
Apparently a variation of sprent or sprint. This term originated as a Victorian-era Scots word in the Roxburgh region.
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