Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sprunt
Participle: sprunted
Gerund: sprunting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sprunt |
| you | sprunt |
| he;she;it | sprunts |
| we | sprunt |
| you | sprunt |
| they | sprunt |
Perfect
| I | have sprunted |
| you | have sprunted |
| he;she;it | has sprunted |
| we | have sprunted |
| you | have sprunted |
| they | have sprunted |
Past
| I | sprunted |
| you | sprunted |
| he;she;it | sprunted |
| we | sprunted |
| you | sprunted |
| they | sprunted |
Pluperfect
| I | had sprunted |
| you | had sprunted |
| he;she;it | had sprunted |
| we | had sprunted |
| you | had sprunted |
| they | had sprunted |
Future
| I | will sprunt |
| you | will sprunt |
| he;she;it | will sprunt |
| we | will sprunt |
| you | will sprunt |
| they | will sprunt |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sprunted |
| you | will have sprunted |
| he;she;it | will have sprunted |
| we | will have sprunted |
| you | will have sprunted |
| they | will have sprunted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sprunt |
| you | sprunt |
| he;she;it | sprunt |
| we | sprunt |
| you | sprunt |
| they | sprunt |
Perfect
| I | have sprunted |
| you | have sprunted |
| he;she;it | have sprunted |
| we | have sprunted |
| you | have sprunted |
| they | have sprunted |
Imperfect
| I | sprunted |
| you | sprunted |
| he;she;it | sprunted |
| we | sprunted |
| you | sprunted |
| they | sprunted |
Pluperfect
| I | had sprunted |
| you | had sprunted |
| he;she;it | had sprunted |
| we | had sprunted |
| you | had sprunted |
| they | had sprunted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sprunt |
| you | would sprunt |
| he;she;it | would sprunt |
| we | would sprunt |
| you | would sprunt |
| they | would sprunt |
Perfect
| I | would have sprunted |
| you | would have sprunted |
| he;she;it | would have sprunted |
| we | would have sprunted |
| you | would have sprunted |
| they | would have sprunted |
Imperative
| you | sprunt |
| we | Let's sprunt |
| you | sprunt |
Verbs conjugated like 'sprunt'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sprunt'
scrunt,
sprent,
brunt,
grunt,
print,
prune,
punt,
shunt,
splint,
splurt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Apparently a variation of sprent or sprint. This term originated as a Victorian-era Scots word in the Roxburgh region.
Sample Sentences
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They acted a Tragedy at Padua when I was there last June 1786 I think: the Actors struggled & bounced, and sprunted as if in Convulsions […]. [1786 August 16, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana:]
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To a laft amang some hay; Like others i' the splunting way. [1823, Kennedy, James, Poems and Songs:]
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Sprunt, to run among the stacks after the girls at night. [1825, Jamieson, J., Etymological Dictionary of Scottish Language Suppl.:]
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A great ploy for the young swankies tae rin a' athort the country at nicht spluntin. [1901, Trotter, R. De B., Galloway Gossip:]
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I’m too forswunke after sprunting all night, I’m getting too old for such mollynogging shenanigans! [2016 July 31, Grandiloquent Word of the Day:]