different between sprag vs sprog

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spræ?/

Etymology 1

Adjective

sprag (comparative more sprag, superlative most sprag)

1. Alternative form of sprack

Etymology 2

See spray (“a branch”).

Noun

sprag (plural sprags)

1. A billet of wood; a piece of timber, a similar solid object or constructed unit used as a prop.
   • 1956, United States Department of the Army, United States Department of the Air Force, Principles of Automotive Vehicles, Technical Manual 9-8000, page 325,

     A sprag (fig. 349) is a steel block so shaped as to act as a wedge in the complete assembly. In the sprag unit under discussion, there are 42 sprags assembled into an outer race and held in place by two energizing springs (fig. 350).

   • 1981, (US) Departments of the Army and Air Force, Maintenance: Direct Support, and General Support Level, Technical Manual 9-2520-246-34-1, page 2-201,

     When checking sprags, anvil and spindle ends of micrometer and flat back of sprag must all rest on a flat surface as shown in view A.

     Since wear on all sprags in any one sprag unit will be the same, it is only necessary to check 5 sprags in each assembly.

   • 2008, Cliff Ruggles, GM Automatic Overdrive Transmission Builder's and Swapper's Guide, page 52,

     The sprag should still be taken apart for visual inspection of the components. I have seen sprags that still functioned correctly, but when taken apart, the spring cage that holds the sprag elements was completely destroyed.

   • 2009, Jack Erjavec, Automotive Technology: A Systems Approach, Cengage Learning, page 1192,

     A one-way sprag clutch (figure 40-36) consists of a hub and a drum separated by figure-eight-shaped metal pieces called sprags. The sprags are shaped this way so they can lock between the races when a race is turned in one direction only.

Derived terms

• sprag clutch

Verb

sprag (third-person singular simple present sprags, present participle spragging, simple past and past participle spragged)

1. (transitive) To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep slope, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of R. S. Poole to this entry?)

2. (transitive) To prop or sustain with a sprag.

Etymology 3

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Compare Icelandic spraka (“a small flounder”)?

Noun

sprag (plural sprags)

1. A young salmon.

Anagrams

• ARPGs, GRASP, grasp

English

Etymology

1940s, originally service slang. Perhaps from obsolete sprag (“lively young man”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) enPR: spr?g, IPA^(key): /sp???/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /spr??/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /spr??/

Noun

sprog (countable and uncountable, plural sprogs)

1. (Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, informal, humorous) A child.
   • 1984 September 13, Donald Gould, Forum: Suck it and see, page 54,

     To test this hypothesis further, he and his mate Fifer persuaded 16 women, heavy with child, to read a story called The Cat in the Hat to their unborn sprogs, twice a day, during the last few weeks of their pregnancies.

   • 2008, Julian Knight, Wills, Probate, & Inheritance Tax For Dummies, UK Edition, unnumbered page,

     Any guardianship or trusts that you set up when your children were little sprogs may no longer be needed.

   • 2010, Brett Atkinson, Sarah Bennett, Scott Kennedy, New Zealand?s South Island, Lonely Planet, page 220,

     Kids will love the climbing wall and NZ?s highest vertical slide. If the sprogs get bored with reality, movie make-believe (p232) is right next door.

2. (Britain, military, RAF, slang, derogatory) A new recruit.
3. (uncountable, Australia, slang) Semen.
4. (countable, slang) A deflection-limiting safety device used in high performance hang gliders.

Synonyms

• (child): ankle-biter, bairn, crib lizard, crotch fruit, kid, rug rat
• (semen): cum, jizz, spoof

Derived terms

• sproglet

Verb

sprog (third-person singular simple present sprogs, present participle sprogging, simple past and past participle sprogged)

1. (Britain, Australia, slang, humorous) To produce children.
   • 2007, Libby Purves, Love Songs and Lies, unnumbered page,

     You must have been terrified, it?s not like today with film stars sprogging babies everywhere.

   • 2008, Lucy Diamond, Over You, unnumbered page,

     ‘How?s it all going with your boyo in the valleys? Any plans for sprogging or vows or anything serious yet?’

   • 2009, Peter James, Dead Tomorrow, unnumbered page,

     ‘Women lose their sexual drive after they?ve sprogged,’ Norman Potting interjected.

2. (Australia, slang) To ejaculate, to come.

   Synonyms: spoof; see also Thesaurus:ejaculate

   • 2004, Kathryn Fox, Malicious Intent, Pan MacMillan Australia, unnumbered page,

     The kid was fathered by the same guy who sprogged into Debbie Finch?s throat.

Anagrams

• progs

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German spr?ke. Cognate to German Sprache, Dutch spraak, Norwegian språk, Old English spr?? and Swedish språk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spr????/, [?sb????w], [?sb???w?]

Noun

sprog n (singular definite sproget, plural indefinite sprog)

1. language

Inflection

Derived terms

• babytegnsprog
• billedsprog
• dagligsprog
• enhedsskriftsprog
• fagsprog
• fremmedsprog
• gruppesprog
• kodesprog
• kropssprog
• kunstsprog
• lokalsprog
• plansprog
• regionalsprog
• rigssprog
• røversprog
• skriftsprog
• standardsprog
• talesprog
• tegnsprog