sprang
SPRANG/spɹæŋ/
- 1Past tense of spring.
The deer sprang across the trail and vanished into the trees.
The lock sprang open as soon as he turned the key.
Note
Only the simple past takes this vowel. The past participle is sprung, so the lock sprang open, but the lock has sprung open. Sprung also turns up as a colloquial past tense in some varieties of English, though sprang is the safe choice in careful writing. It carries every sense of spring: a deer bursting forth, shoots that sprout, a doubt that springs up from nothing.
sprang is a form of spring
spring, verb: To jump or move suddenly and energetically, as by leaping, bursting out, or jumping over something. Full entry
- Spelling
- spring → sprang: irregular (no -ed)
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