Definition of Sprug

1. v. t. To make smart.

Definition of Sprug

1. Verb. (obsolete) To make smart. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sprug

1. a sparrow [n -S] - See also: sparrow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprug

spruceness
sprucenesses
sprucer
spruces
spruces up
sprucest
sprucier
spruciest
sprucing
sprucing up
sprucy
sprue
sprue-former
sprue / coeliac disease
sprues
sprug (current term)
sprugged
sprugging
sprugs
spruik
spruiked
spruiker
spruikers
spruiking
spruiks
spruit
spruits
sprung
sprung rhyme
sprung rhymes

Literary usage of Sprug

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"To sprug up, to dress neatly.— HaL To perk up again, to recover from sickness ; to perk ... The equivalent of E. spurk, sprug, is Sw. spricka, to crack, ..."

2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"sprug, s. " A sparrow ;" Gl. Antiquary, South of S. —" John Wilson was a blustering fellow, without the heart of a sprug. ..."

3. Je Holi Bib'l contanin Je Bold and Nu Testaments: accordinn tw de suurizd (1850)
"And sum fel up>-n ft roc; and az sum ax it woz sprug up,it 5 spac b¡ a ... and sprug up, and bar irai un hundredfold. ..."

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