sprung

Adjective

 * 1) Fitted or cushioned with springs.
 * 2)  Worn out such that the springiness has dissipated.
 * 3)  Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest; originally and literally, having a penile erection.
 * 4)  Caught doing something illegal or against the rules.
 * 5)  drunk.
 * 6)  cracked or strained.
 * 1)  Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest; originally and literally, having a penile erection.
 * 2)  Caught doing something illegal or against the rules.
 * 3)  drunk.
 * 4)  cracked or strained.
 * 1)  Caught doing something illegal or against the rules.
 * 2)  drunk.
 * 3)  cracked or strained.
 * 1)  drunk.
 * 2)  cracked or strained.

Usage notes

 * The adjective, unlike (say) , does not normally take a complement; a person may be infatuated with someone, but is simply sprung. As with or , the target of the emotion is normally indicated by surrounding context; this is seen in the 1992 and 2003 quotations above. However, while relatively uncommon, it is possible for  to take a complement, construed with a preposition such as  (much like ); this is seen in the 2005 quotation above.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:in love
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:broken
 * See Thesaurus:drunk
 * See Thesaurus:drunk

Translations

 * German: hoffnungslos verknallt


 * German:

Etymology
, from, related to. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) jump