sprig

sprig is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley.
2. noun. A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement.
3. noun. A brad, or nail without a head.
4. noun. A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
5. transitive verb. To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin.
6. noun. an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers
7. noun. a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year

   Synonyms: branchlet, twig

Synonyms

branchlet, twig

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sprig:

grips, prigs

Common word forms

sprigs, sprigged, sprigger, sprigging

Words from these letters

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