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sprang

1 American  
[sprang] / spræŋ /

verb

  1. a simple past tense of spring.


sprang 2 American  
[sprang] / spræŋ /

noun

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


sprang British  
/ spræŋ /

verb

  1. the past tense of spring

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of sprang

1950–55; perhaps < Norwegian: lace, tatting

Example Sentences

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Created by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang, the Riddler made his comic book debut on the pages of “Detective Comics” No. 140 in the 1940s.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2022

Both of the Schumacher films are of course heavily indebted to the Dick Sprang “giant typewriter” era as well.

From Forbes • Aug. 22, 2014

You know, without the work of everybody from Bill Finger to Jerry Robinson to Dick Sprang to Denny O’Neil to Neal Adams, I don’t believe I ever could have done Dark Knight.

From The Verge • Jul. 28, 2014

James Sprang, the student speaker at commencement, did not circumnavigate the tuition issue.

From New York Times • May 30, 2013

Thus he holds that the rivalry resulting from our present economic condition has stimulated thought and action From avarice thus, from luxury and war, Sprang heavenly science; and from science freedom.

From The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources by MacDonald, Daniel J.

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