What is the meaning of SPRING. Phrases containing SPRING
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Springer is slang for a navy physical−training instructor.Springer is slang for a racehorse on which the betting odds suddenly shorten.
No spring chicken is slang for no longer young.
Spring is slang for an escape or rescue from custody or prison. Spring was old slang for offer a higher price.
Spring for is American and Australian slang for pay for a treat.
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v. i.
A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare.
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An active, springly young man.
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The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to spring.
v. t.
To catch in a springe; to insnare.
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A South African gazelle (Gazella euchore) noted for its graceful form and swiftness, and for its peculiar habit of springing lighty and suddenly into the air. It has a white dorsal stripe, expanding into a broad patch of white on the rump and tail. Called also springer.
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An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
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Alt. of Springbuck
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A springe.
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Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as, springy land.
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Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step.
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Alt. of Springall
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A little spring.
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Any one of numerous species of small apterous insects belonging to the order Thysanura. They have two elastic caudal stylets which can be bent under the abdomen and then suddenly extended like a spring, thus enabling them to leap to a considerable distance. See Collembola, and Podura.
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The season of spring; springtide.
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The state or quality of being springly.
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The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer.
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The time of spring; springtime.
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Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant.
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One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game.
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The act or process of one who, or that which, springs.
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