sprung – English adjective declension

English adjective forms of sprung

Adjective: sprung

Comparison Forms

Synthetic

Perifrastic

Comparativemore sprung
Superlativemost sprung

Sample Sentences

  • Near-synonym: spring-loaded
  • a sprung mattress
  • the sprung weight of a vehicle
  • My old money clip was sprung, so I replaced it.
  • I like big butts and I cannot lie. / You other brothers can’t deny / that when a girl walks in / with a itty bitty waist / and a round thing in your face you get sprung. [1992, “Baby Got Back”, in Sir Mix-a-Lot (music), Mack Daddy:]
  • […] / ’Cause your love got the best of me, / And baby, you’re making a fool of me. / You got me sprung and I don’t care who sees, / ’Cause baby, you got me so crazy. [2003, “Crazy In Love”, in Beyoncé et al. (music), Dangerously in Love:]
  • ’Cause I’m sprung over you / And ain’t nothin’ I can do / […] / Thoughts of you fill my head / […] [2005, “Sprung”, in Mariah Carey et al. (music), The Emancipation of Mimi, bonus track in some editions:]
  • My lips like sugar. / This candy got you sprung. [2009, “Sugar”, in Flo Rida et al. (music), R.O.O.T.S.:]
  • Hands on me, wanna feel my denim
  • Is it bad that I might just let him
  • Got him sprung by the way I fit 'em [2025, “Denim”, in Kylie Cantrall et al. (music), B.O.Y.:]
  • `Sprung!' cried Jeff Basin, the local dubbo. [1979, Gabrielle Carey, Kathy Lette, Puberty Blues, page 46:]

Etymology