sprunt

English

Etymology

Apparently a variation of sprent or sprint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɹʌnt/
• Rhymes: -ʌnt

Verb

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

1. (obsolete, chiefly regional) To make quick or convulsive movements; to start, to jump. [17th–20th c.]
   • 1786 August 16, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana:

     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. (Scotland, now rare) To make romantic advances to; to flirt. [from 19th c.]

Derived terms

• sprunt up

Noun

sprunt (plural sprunts)

1. (obsolete) A sudden movement; a leap or jump. [17th–19th c.]
2. (obsolete) Something bouncy or perky. [18th c.]

Adjective

sprunt (comparative more sprunt, superlative most sprunt)

1. (obsolete) Active; lively; vigorous. [17th–19th c.]
   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 35:

     "As for that little sprunt piece of the Brain which they call the Conarion..."

Anagrams

• prunts