See Also: Knees Sprung ("Sprung at the Knees") - Horse Racing(gambling)
sprung(1)(dictionary)
sprung(2)(dictionary)
sprung 1,(dictionary)
sprung rhythm(encyclopedia)
sprung 2, adjective(dictionary)

madrasah (iou) and sprung(1) (iou)


madrasah (iou)



madrasah noun. & Other vars. E17.
[Arab. madrasa, noun of place from darasa to study.]
A Muslim college.

sprung(1) (iou)



sprung ppl adjective1. L15.
[pa. pple of SPRING verb1.]
That has been made to spring (out); spec. (a) (of a horse) that has been made to gallop; (b) (of a game-bird) that has been made to rise from cover. L15.
Of a mast, a plank, a cricket bat, etc.: cracked, split. L16.
That has sprung up or arisen. Freq. as 2nd elem. in comb. Also foll. by up. L16.
first-sprung, new-sprung, etc.
Tipsy, drunk. slang. E19.
Of or in sprung rhythm (see below). L19.
sprung rhythm a poetic metre used esp. by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-89), approximating to speech rhythm, in which each foot consists of one stressed syllable either alone or followed by a varying number of unstressed syllables; a similar rhythm in prose, speech, or Music.
Esp. of an alibi: produced unexpectedly in order to disconcert. M20.