# sprung
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈspɹʌŋ/
* (US) IPA: /ˈspɹʌŋ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌŋ

### Verb

sprung
* simple past and past participle of spring
** 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume III, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 245:“When do you write to Colonel Brandon, ma’am?” was an enquiry which sprung from the impatience of her mind to have something going on.

### Adjective

sprung (comparative more sprung, superlative most sprung)
* Fitted or cushioned with springs.
    Near-synonym: spring-loaded
    a sprung mattress
    the sprung weight of a vehicle
* (of a spring or other springy object) Worn out such that the springiness has dissipated.
    My old money clip was sprung, so I replaced it.
* (slang, African-American Vernacular) Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest; originally and literally, having a penile erection.
** 1992, “Baby Got Back”, in Sir Mix-a-Lot (music), Mack Daddy: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.
** 2003, “Crazy In Love”, in Beyoncé et al. (music), Dangerously in Love:[…] / ’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.
** 2005, “Sprung”, in Mariah Carey et al. (music), The Emancipation of Mimi, bonus track in some editions:’Cause I’m sprung over you / And ain’t nothin’ I can do / […] / Thoughts of you fill my head / […]
** 2009, “Sugar”, in Flo Rida et al. (music), R.O.O.T.S.:My lips like sugar. / This candy got you sprung.
* (Australia, slang) Caught doing something illegal or against the rules.
** 1979, Gabrielle Carey, Kathy Lette, Puberty Blues, page 46:`Sprung!' cried Jeff Basin, the local dubbo.
* (slang, dated) drunk.
* (obsolete, nautical, of a spar) cracked or strained.

#### Usage notes

* The adjective sprung, unlike (say) infatuated, does not normally take a complement; a person may be infatuated with someone, but is simply sprung. As with crazy or gaga, the target of the emotion is normally indicated by surrounding context; this is seen in the 1992 and 2003 quotations above. However, while relatively uncommon, it is possible for sprung to take a complement, construed with a preposition such as over (much like gaga); this is seen in the 2005 quotation above.

#### Synonyms

* (infatuated): smitten, taken; see also Thesaurus:in love
* (caught doing something illegal): caught with a hand in the cookie jar, red-handed
* (cracked or strained): crazed, splintered; see also Thesaurus:broken
* (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk

#### Antonyms

* unsprung

#### Derived terms

* coil-sprung
* leaf-sprung

#### See also

* (infatuation) boing

#### References

* (drunk): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

## Middle English
### Noun

sprung
* (Early Middle English, West Midlands) Alternative form of spryng

## Old High German
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sprungi, from Proto-Germanic *sprungiz, related to *springaną. Compare Dutch sprong.

### Noun

sprung m
* jump

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: sprung
** German: Sprung

#### References

* Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014