sprog
English
Pronunciation
Noun
sprog (countable and uncountable, plural sprogs)
- (UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, informal, humorous) A child.
- 1984 September 13, Donald Gould, Forum: Suck it and see, page 54,
- To test this hypothesis further, he and his mate Fifer persuaded 16 women, heavy with child, to read a story called The Cat in the Hat to their unborn sprogs, twice a day, during the last few weeks of their pregnancies.
- 2008, Julian Knight, Wills, Probate, & Inheritance Tax For Dummies, UK Edition, unnumbered page,
- Any guardianship or trusts that you set up when your children were little sprogs may no longer be needed.
- 2010, Brett Atkinson, Sarah Bennett, Scott Kennedy, New Zealand′s South Island, Lonely Planet, page 220,
- Kids will love the climbing wall and NZ′s highest vertical slide. If the sprogs get bored with reality, movie make-believe (p232) is right next door.
- 1984 September 13, Donald Gould, Forum: Suck it and see, page 54,
- (UK, military, RAF, slang, derogatory) A new recruit.
- (uncountable, Australia, slang) Semen.
- (countable, slang) A deflection-limiting safety device used in high performance hang gliders.
Synonyms
- (child): ankle-biter, bairn, crib lizard, crotch fruit, kid, rug rat
- (semen): cum, jizz, spoof
Derived terms
Verb
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- (UK, Australia, slang, humorous) To produce children.
- 2007, Libby Purves, Love Songs and Lies, unnumbered page,
- You must have been terrified, it′s not like today with film stars sprogging babies everywhere.
- 2008, Lucy Diamond, Over You, unnumbered page,
- ‘How′s it all going with your boyo in the valleys? Any plans for sprogging or vows or anything serious yet?’
- 2009, Peter James, Dead Tomorrow, unnumbered page,
- ‘Women lose their sexual drive after they′ve sprogged,’ Norman Potting interjected.
- 2007, Libby Purves, Love Songs and Lies, unnumbered page,
- (Australia, slang) To ejaculate, to come.
- Synonyms: spoof; see also Thesaurus:ejaculate
- 2004, Kathryn Fox, Malicious Intent, Pan MacMillan Australia, unnumbered page,
- The kid was fathered by the same guy who sprogged into Debbie Finch′s throat.
Anagrams
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Etymology
From Middle Low German sprāke. Cognate to German Sprache, Dutch spraak, Norwegian språk, Old English sprǣċ and Swedish språk.
Pronunciation
Noun
sprog n (singular definite sproget, plural indefinite sprog)
Inflection
Declension of sprog
Derived terms
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