sprit
noun
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
sprits
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pluralof sprit.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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King Charles III is launching a personal playlist of music that lifts his sprits and brings back important memories, including Bob Marley, Kylie Minogue and Grace Jones.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
She then points at the decorative offerings: Marigold flowers to welcome sprits with fresh aromas, salt to keep the evil away, glasses of water for tired souls.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
If this rule is ignored, sprits may follow Tupperwares of the noodle dish pancit and bibingka, a coconut-rice cake, home in anger.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2018
McCain is resting comfortably and is in good sprits, the statement adds, and will spend the week at home in Arizona.
From Time ● Jul. 17, 2017
Here the Goudsche sprits seller, in his tour up and down the platform, approached the burly Londoner again, and seeing him now in an unexpectedly melting mood, at once proffered his delicacies with noisy persistence.
From The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland by J. Irwin Brown
