different between sprung vs lunged

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sp???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sp???/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

sprung

1. past participle of spring
2. Alternative form of sprang: simple past tense of spring

Adjective

sprung (comparative more sprung, superlative most sprung)

1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest.
2. (Australia, slang) Caught doing something illegal or against the rules.
3. (obsolete, nautical, of a spar) cracked or strained.
4. (slang, dated) drunk.
5. Fitted or cushioned with springs.

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

References

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

English

Etymology 1

lunge +? -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nd?d/

Verb

lunged

1. simple past tense and past participle of lunge

Etymology 2

lung +? -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?n?d/

Adjective

lunged (not comparable)

1. Having lungs (breathing organs).

Anagrams

• gulden, ledung, ungeld