sprig

English

Pronunciation

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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)

• Maori: takunga (mi), takutakunga (mi)
• 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
• Telugu: రెమ్మ (te) (remma)

youth

• Finnish: kersa (fi), vesa (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

• Finnish: silmäruuvi (fi)

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