'Sprig' definitions:
Definition of 'sprig'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Sprig'
From: GCIDE
- Sprig \Sprig\ (spr[i^]g), n. [AS. sprec; akin to Icel. sprek a stick. Cf. Spray a branch.]
- 1. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement. [1913 Webster]
- A sprig whom I remember, with a whey-face and a satchel, not so many years ago. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A brad, or nail without a head. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Naut.) A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sprig'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'sprig'
From: GCIDE
- Sprigtail \Sprig"tail`\ (spr[i^]g"t[=a]l`), n. (Zool.) (a) The pintail duck; -- called also sprig, and spreet-tail. [Local, U.S.] (b) The sharp-tailed grouse. [Local, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sprig'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adolescent,
- appendage,
- arm,
- baby,
- bine,
- bough,
- branch,
- branchedness,
- branchiness,
- burgeon,
- deadwood,
- flagellum,
- fledgling,
- fork,
- frond,
- hand,
- hopeful,
- imp,
- infant,
- joint,
- junior,
- juvenal,
- juvenile,
- leg,
- limb,
- link,
- lobe,
- lobule,
- member,
- minor,
- offshoot,
- organ,
- pinion,
- pubescent,
- ramage,
- ramification,
- runner,
- sapling,
- sarment,
- scion,
- seedling,
- set,
- shoot,
- slip,
- spear,
- spray,
- sprit,
- sprout,
- spur,
- stolon,
- stripling,
- sucker,
- switch,
- tail,
- teenager,
- teener,
- teenybopper,
- tendril,
- thallus,
- twig,
- wing,
- young hopeful,
- young person,
- younger,
- youngest,
- youngling,
- youngster,
- youth