sprung
adj/spɹʌŋ/ · Midlands, Northern-England /spɹʊŋ/
1
Fitted or cushioned with springs.
- Near-synonym: spring-loaded
- a sprung mattress
1 more example
- the sprung weight of a vehicle
2
Worn out such that the springiness has dissipated.
Of a spring or other springy object
- My old money clip was sprung, so I replaced it.
3
Slang Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest; originally and literally, having a penile erection.
African-American Vernacular
- I like big butts and I cannot lie. / You other brothers can’t deny / that when a girl walks in / with a itty bitty waist / and a round thing in your face you get sprung.1992, “Baby Got Back”, in Sir Mix-a-Lot (music), Mack Daddy:
- […] / ’Cause your love got the best of me, / And baby, you’re making a fool of me. / You got me sprung and I don’t care who sees, / ’Cause baby, you got me so crazy.2003, “Crazy In Love”, in Beyoncé et al. (music), Dangerously in Love:
3 more examples
- ’Cause I’m sprung over you / And ain’t nothin’ I can do / […] / Thoughts of you fill my head / […]2005, “Sprung”, in Mariah Carey et al. (music), The Emancipation of Mimi, bonus track in some editions:
- My lips like sugar. / This candy got you sprung.2009, “Sugar”, in Flo Rida et al. (music), R.O.O.T.S.:
- Hands on me, wanna feel my denim Is it bad that I might just let him Got him sprung by the way I fit 'em2025, “Denim”, in Kylie Cantrall et al. (music), B.O.Y.:
- `Sprung!' cried Jeff Basin, the local dubbo.1979, Gabrielle Carey, Kathy Lette, Puberty Blues, page 46:
- Synonyms
- smitten, taken, caught with a hand in the cookie jar, red-handed, crazed, splintered, drunk
- Antonyms
- unsprung
- Derived terms
- coil-sprung, leaf-sprung
- Related terms
- boing