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• past tense form of spring.

sprang

¹ American  

[sprang] / spræŋ /

verb

1. a simple past tense of spring.

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sprang ² American  

[sprang] / spræŋ /

noun

1. a technique of weaving in which the warp is interwoven and there is no weft.

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sprang British  

/ spræŋ /

verb

1. the past tense of spring

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Etymology

Origin of sprang

1950–55; perhaps < Norwegian: lace, tatting

Example Sentences

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sprang

A youngster sprang from the grass, running toward its mother, draped in what looked like a roomy shag carpet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Araki sprang out of the New Queer Cinema of the ’90s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

In 1942, when one of the leaders of the House Un-American Activities Committee baselessly accused the famous educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune of being a communist, Smith sprang into action.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

Bowe, from Northaw, sprang into action after hearing a man screaming in the water and seeing bodies floating.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

He sprang up with his fangs bared and his skeletal chest heaving.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer