sproingint.n.

Brit.

/sprɔɪŋ/, U.S.

/sprɔɪŋ/

Forms: 1900s– sproing, 1900s– sprong.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by blending. Etymons: spring v.¹, boing int. and n.²

Etymology: Probably a blend of spring v.¹ and boing int. and n.²

Representing the reverberating sound made when a compressed spring is suddenly released. Also as n. Cf. boing int. and n.²

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1955 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 13 Feb. (Parade section) 8/2 I'd get a piece tacked to the beams and turn to something else and sproing!—off it would come.

1984 PC Mag. 24 July 130/3 Small springs in each key..make a ‘sproing’ sound with each keystroke.

1998 P. McCabe Breakfast on Pluto (1999) viii. 23 Mitzi Gaynor..would make any man's privates go—sprong!—never mind that of a poor deprived clergyman!

2005 P. Anthony Pet Peeve 246 He twisted it..until it snapped with a ‘sproing’.

2012 Inland Valley Daily Bull. (Ontario, Calif.) (Nexis) 23 Oct. He could have run out the back and tried to escape via trampoline. ‘You'll never take me’—sproing!—‘alive, coppers!’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sproing
释义	sproingint.n. Brit. /sprɔɪŋ/, U.S. /sprɔɪŋ/ Forms: 1900s– sproing, 1900s– sprong. Origin: Probably formed within English, by blending. Etymons: spring v.¹, boing int. and n.² Etymology: Probably a blend of spring v.¹ and boing int. and n.² Representing the reverberating sound made when a compressed spring is suddenly released. Also as n. Cf. boing int. and n.² ΚΠ 1955 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 13 Feb. (Parade section) 8/2 I'd get a piece tacked to the beams and turn to something else and sproing!—off it would come. 1984 PC Mag. 24 July 130/3 Small springs in each key..make a ‘sproing’ sound with each keystroke. 1998 P. McCabe Breakfast on Pluto (1999) viii. 23 Mitzi Gaynor..would make any man's privates go—sprong!—never mind that of a poor deprived clergyman! 2005 P. Anthony Pet Peeve 246 He twisted it..until it snapped with a ‘sproing’. 2012 Inland Valley Daily Bull. (Ontario, Calif.) (Nexis) 23 Oct. He could have run out the back and tried to escape via trampoline. ‘You'll never take me’—sproing!—‘alive, coppers!’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.n.1955
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