sprunt

== English == === Alternative forms === (make romantic advances): splunt === Etymology === Apparently a variation of sprent or sprint. This term originated as a Victorian-era Scots word in the Roxburgh region. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /spɹʌnt/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /spɹʊnt/ Rhymes: -ʌnt === Verb === sprunt (third-person singular simple present sprunts, present participle sprunting, simple past and past participle sprunted) (obsolete, chiefly regional) To make quick or convulsive movements; to start, to jump. [17th–20th c.] (Scotland, intransitive, now rare) To court, flirt, or make romantic advances; esp. after dusk and under the cover of darkness, sometimes among haystacks. [from 19th c.] To seek to gain the affections of a person. [with after] ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === sprunt (plural sprunts) (obsolete) A sudden movement; a leap or jump. [17th–19th c.] (obsolete) Something bouncy or perky. [18th c.] A steep road, hill, or incline. === Adjective === sprunt (comparative more sprunt, superlative most sprunt) (obsolete) Active; lively; vigorous. [17th–19th c.] 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 35: "As for that little sprunt piece of the Brain which they call the Conarion..." Steep or sharp in ascent. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Anagrams === prunts