1 C1 idiomatic informal
Dialectal past tense or variant form of 'spruce up'; to have made oneself or something look neater and smarter
"He'd sprunt himself up nicely for the village dance, wearing his best coat."
separable
sprunt up
C1 informal separable transitive/intransitive
A dialectal or archaic variant of 'spruce up', meaning to make something or someone smarter or tidier
In plain English
To make something look better and cleaner (an old or regional way of saying 'spruce up')
What does "sprunt up" mean?
One main meaning — here's how to use it.
Usage tip
Extremely rare in modern standard English. Found in some Northern English dialects and older literary sources as a past tense or variant form of 'spruce up'. ESL learners are unlikely to encounter this and should use 'spruce up' instead.
Words that pair with "sprunt up"
Natural word combinations native speakers use most often.
appearance room self
How to conjugate "sprunt up"
The five tense forms you'll use most often.
Base
sprunt up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
sprunts up
he/she/it
Past simple
sprunted up
yesterday
Past participle
sprunted up
have + pp
-ing form
sprunting up
continuous
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