sprung

See also: Sprung and šprung

English

sprung

sprung (comparative more sprung, superlative most sprung)

(slang, African American Vernacular) Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest.
- 1992, Sir Mix-a-Lot (music), “Baby Got Back”, in Mack Daddy:
  I like big butts and I cannot lie. / You other brothers can’t deny / that when a girl walks in / with a itty bitty waist / and a round thing in your face you get sprung.
- 2003, Beyoncé Knowles et al. (music), “Crazy In Love”, in Dangerously in Love:
  […] / ’Cause your love got the best of me, / And baby, you’re making a fool of me. / You got me sprung and I don’t care who sees, / ’Cause baby, you got me so crazy.
- 2005, Mariah Carey et al. (music), “Sprung”, in The Emancipation of Mimi, bonus track in some editions:
  ’Cause I’m sprung over you / And ain’t nothin’ I can do / […] / Thoughts of you fill my head / […]
(Australia, slang) Caught doing something illegal or against the rules.
- 1979, Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette, Puberty Blues, page 46:
  `Sprung!' cried Jeff Basin, the local dubbo.
(obsolete, nautical, of a spar) cracked or strained.
(slang, dated) drunk.

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.

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