sprig

English

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Noun

sprig (plural sprigs)

1. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.

   a sprig of laurel or of parsley

2. A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement.
3. A brad, or nail without a head.
4. A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.

Translations

small shoot or twig

Finnish: oksa (fi), lehvä (fi), verso (fi); havu (fi) French: brin (fr), rameau (fr)

Norwegian: kvist (no) m., dusk (no) m. (of parsely), liten grein (no) c., bukett (no) m. (single part of a cauliflower) Spanish: ramita (es) f.

youth

Finnish: kersa (fi)

Norwegian: jypling (no) m., oppkomling (no) m., spire (no) m.

brad

Finnish: uppokantanaula (fi)

Norwegian: dykker (no) m., dykkert (no) m., stift (no) m., trådstift (no) m.

small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point

Verb

sprig (third-person singular simple present sprigs, present participle sprigging, simple past and past participle sprigged)

1. To decorate with sprigs

Anagrams

• grips
• prigs