Definitions For Sprung

Adjective

(slang, African American Vernacular English) Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest. (Australian, slang) Caught doing something illegal or against the rules. (obsolete, nautical, of a spar) cracked or strained. (slang, dated) drunk.

Usage notes

The adjective , sprung, unlike (say) , infatuated, does not normally take a complement; a person may be infatuated with someone, but is simply sprung. As with crazy or gaga, 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 , sprung to take a complement, construed with a preposition such as over (much like , gaga); this is seen in the 2005 quotation above.

Synonyms

infatuated smitten, taken; see also thesaurus:in love caught doing something illegal caught with a hand in the cookie jar, red-handed cracked or strained crazed, splintered; see also thesaurus:broken drunk See thesaurus:drunk