sparring
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
sparring
- present participle and gerund of spar
Noun[edit]
sparring (countable and uncountable, plural sparrings)
- The act of one who spars.
- 2010, Kenneth Tucker, Shakespeare and Jungian Typology: A Reading of the Plays, page 48:
- Albeit he is under the influence of the magic juice, Lysander's words to Hermia — once he has switched his romantic allegiance to Helena — are bitter, cruel. At times Benedick and Beatrice's verbal sparrings drip with an acidity that smarts.
Translations[edit]
act of one who spars
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
sparring m (uncountable)
Further reading[edit]
- “sparring”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English sparring. First attested in 1921. By surface analysis, sparra + -ing.
Noun[edit]
sparring c
Declension[edit]
| Declension of sparring | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | sparring | sparringen | sparringar | sparringarna |
| Genitive | sparrings | sparringens | sparringars | sparringarnas |
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