sprig, übersetzung im Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

sprig
n

1 a shoot, twig, or sprout of a tree, shrub, etc.; spray

2 an ornamental device resembling a spray of leaves or flowers

3 a small wire nail without a head

4 Informal, rare a youth

5 Informal, rare a person considered as the descendant of an established family, social class, etc.

6 (N.Z.) another name for → stud ¹ → 7
vb , sprigs, sprigging, sprigged tr

7 to fasten or secure with sprigs

8 to ornament (fabric, wallpaper, etc.) with a design of sprigs

9 to make sprays from (twigs and branches)
  (C15: probably of Germanic origin; compare Low German sprick, Swedish sprygg)
♦ sprigger  n
♦ spriggy  adj